[Oral rehydration]
- Collection:
- Cholera Online, 1817 to 1923 Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Cvjetanovic, B., photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Mothers Mother-Child Relations Child World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A young child is drinking special fluids prepared to combat dehydration, resulting from diarrheal diseases, without the use of an intravenous connection. Verso: WHO/17344. SERO. Cholera. SM 7-1976. Cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases cause rapid dehydration of the victim's body fluids - a condition which, unless checked in time, can prove fatal. especially for small childre. Where formerly an intravenous drip had to be given at a clinic, today there is increasing use of fluids which can simply be drunk from a cup.
- Copyright:
- WHO must be mentioned in 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:
- 101437059 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013812
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437059