- Cancer clinics and cancer institutes have been set up throughout the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This woman is having a mammography test - which uses x-rays to check for possible breast cancer- at the Salah Azaïz Cancer Institute in Tunis1
- Checking blood pressure with an electronic machine1
- Chymie, Laboratoire et Table des Rapports1
- Difference phases of a heart operation. 12743: The machine that circulates blood to the vessels in the heart and brain during the operation while the heart itself is stopped. 12745: reconnecting the arteries by sewing together with a device developed in the Soviet Union several years ago ans since adopted by cardiac surgeons all over the world. 12744: after the operation an electric stimulator is applied in the heart area to start a regular beat1
- Direct method of examining the fundus oculi or eyeground1
- Dr. Nourani showing his staff different oesophagoscopes for carrying out biopsies on patients1
- Dr. [Zdenek] Rychter produces his own tools for his very delicate operations1
- During the operation vital information on the patient's condition is projected continuously on displays panels in both the operating room and observation room. The data system can collect and record 24 different sequences of physiological inforamtion1
- Electro-retinogram: modern apparatus devised to measure the electric potential of the retina1
- Encephalography room at the Neurological Institute of Bucharest1
- Equipment for studying the respiratory and cardiovascular systems1
- Examination for cancer of the mouth1
- Examination of the retina with a binocular ophtalmoscope [i.e. ophthalmoscope]1
- Fauteuil à spéculum (genre anglais), overt1
- Gastric endoscopy, such as this patient is undergoing after local anaesthetic, uses a flexible fibre-optic to enable the doctor to examine the lining of the stomach and other previously inaccessible areas of the body1
- Hypertension detection team at work in India. A standard method of compiling the data from such surveys has been suggeseted by WHO, but it is a flexible system and can be modified to suit local conditions1
- In Egypt, school children are examined for streptococcal infection, which may be a warning of rheumatic fever1
- In an intensive care unit, monitoring by electrocardiograph continues day and night1
- Information and education about family planning has to be adapted to the community and to the individual1
- It is her first baby. The setting the preparations, the precautions against mishap maybe modern, but the great event lived by mother and child is essentially what is always has been1