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[Acupuncture anesthesia during an operation to remove a lung tumor]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Henrioud, D, photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Acupuncture
Patients
World Health Organization
Abstract:
Interior view: in an operating room twenty minutes prior to surgery the patient receives a needle in his forearm; constant manipulation of the needle will serve as anesthesia. Verso: WHO/18289. WPRO. Acupuncture. SM 12.1979. Twenty minutes before Chou Zhong-ping's operatiom for a lung tumour, the acupuncturist inserts a long needle in his forearm. This is the only anaesthehetic he will have.
Copyright:
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Copyright Holder:
World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151005
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101436830 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013751
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436830