The first parachute nurses
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Clothing Nurses USSR World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- Three women wearing aviation uniforms and parachutes; an airplane is in the background. Verso: WHO/9791-9792. General - Red Cross. National Societies the world over. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Red Cross, World Health, the magazine of the World Health Organization, publsihes a Red Cross Centenary Album. Our photos illustrate the great variety of activities pursued by the National Societies the world over. USSR: Founded 1867-40,342,000 members - Assitance to war wounded, orphan, families of missing persons - Inspectors of public health - Health classes in isolated villages in Armaenia - Campaign to encourage the inhabitants of Siberia to plant flowers- First aid posts in large railway stations. WHO/9792: there is both Red Cross and Red Cresent. WHO/9791: the first parachute nurses.
- 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: 20151215 and Red Cross; Source: Record; Research date: 20151215
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101437320 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A014019
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437320