631. Two mobile clinics move into the small town of Ristjärvi in eastern Finland. One contains labratory equipment and the other x-ray equipment Author(s): Farkas, Tibor, 1934- photographer Publication: [1955-1965?] Subject(s): Mobile Health UnitsLaboratoriesDiagnostic EquipmentFinlandWorld Health Organization.
632. [The hands of Professor Clarence Crafoord of Stockholm, a pioneer of modern heart surgery, are shown taking the pulse of a patient, of whom only a hand is shown] Author(s): Almasy, Paul, 1906-2003, photographer Publication: [1955-1965?] Subject(s): PulseCardiovascular DiseasesSurgeonsPatientsHandSwedenCrafoord, Clarence.World Health Organization.
633. ... a heart case is rushed through the streets of Moscow Subject(s): AmbulancesCardiovascular DiseasesTransportation of PatientsMoscowWorld Health Organization
634. Many lives are being saved by this ambulance specially equipped to deal with severe heart attack cases in Northern Ireland. But prevention is better than cure; the risks stemming from high blood pressure can be considerably reduced by treatment, which can almost totally rule out heart failure and most strokes Subject(s): AmbulancesCardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelTransportation of PatientsWorld Health Organization
635. Testing for skinfold thickness Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
636. Postgraduates at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital are taught cardiac auscultation with the aid of a multi-channel stethoscope Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesStudents, MedicalEducation, MedicalStethoscopesPatientsEquipment and SuppliesNigeriaWorld Health Organization
637. Through an arm artery, a plastic catheter has been passed into the heart to reach a coronary artery. An injected opaque medium shows up on x-rays and enables the doctor to see the condition of the coronaries; picture 13150 shows close-up of x-rays screen Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesPhysiciansHealth PersonnelX-RaysPatientsEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
638. In Egypt, school children are examined for streptococcal infection, which may be a warning of rheumatic fever Subject(s): Equipment and SuppliesPhysical ExaminationPhysiciansNursesStethoscopesWorld Health Organization
639. "In this age of machinery and nuclear energy..." Heart disease: our photo shows a delicate operation in progress, carried out by Prof. de Watteville of the University of Geneva Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelOperating RoomsWorld Health Organization
640. A young patient with rheumatic fever on the terrace of the Pyramid Clinic Subject(s): NursesPatientsWorld Health Organization