Schnee bath
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
- Publication:
- [England] : [publisher not identified], [1915?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Hydrotherapy Patients
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Black and white photograph featuring a male patient receiving a Schnee bath, a therapy that is hydrogalvanic diathermy, and used for muscle rehabilitation and stimulation. It is called the Schnee bath after its inventor Paul Schnee, a German physician. The patient is flanked by two nurses.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase ; Michael Zwerdling ; 2004 ; 04-22.
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101611491 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D05702
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101611491