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A cancer patient receives cobalt therapy at the Tirana Cancer Institute

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Henrioud, D., photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Cancer Care Facilities
Radiotherapy
Equipment and Supplies
World Health Organization
Abstract:
Interior view: showing a man lying on a bench beneath a large piece of medical equipment. Verso: WHO/16414. EURO. Health services. Communicable diseases like malaria, syphilis, trachoma and typhus have been eradicated since Albania's liberation during the Second World War. Preventive medicine and treatment of chronic degeberative diseases are priority problems. A cancer patient recives cobalt therapy at the Tirana Cancer Institute.
Copyright:
WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
Copyright Holder:
World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151009
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101436889 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013784
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436889