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Broken legs or heads, yield to medic art, but what can you do, for a broken heart?

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[United States] [publisher not identified] [1917?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Military Nursing
Child, Preschool
World War I
Genre(s):
Postcards
Abstract:
Color illustration of a little girl dressed in a Red Cross uniform bandaging the head of a little boy dressed as a soldier as he lays down. Her right hand is touching his left hand. The boy's left leg is bandaged. This postcard is from a series of 12 postcards titled "War Nurses," published in the United States, all featuring the little girl.
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:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101638225 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D04993
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101638225