Listening to the heartbeat of a patient in this dramatic photo taken at the weekly Cardio-vascular conference, are doctors who specialize in the field, Letterman General Hospital, 28 March 1960

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):: United States. Army.
Publication:: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Army, 1960
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Genre(s):: Congresses
Pictorial Works
Abstract:: A seated audience of doctors and nurses watches two doctors listen to the heartbeat of a female patient who lies covered on a stretcher.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 photographic print : 26 x 21 cm.
Technique:: black and white
NLM Unique ID:: 101443316 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A015717
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443316

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