Medical care

Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran in a New York City hospital where he went to regain his strength shortly after his arrival in the United States. From photograph album "Visit of his Excellency Mohammad Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran, to the United States of America, October 6 to November 18, 1951."

President Harry S. Truman visits merchant seaman Scott who was transferred to the U.S.S. Missouri from his vessel for an emergency operation. President Truman is returning from a trip to Brazil. From photograph album "President Truman's visit to Rio de Janeiro."

Child receiving an immunization shot.

Luncheon at the National Convention of Federal Hospital Executives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which President Harry S. Truman spoke. Original is oversize.

Stereograph of bringing in wounded on French front after the Battle Ablain St. Nazaire, showing stretcher bearers and aid station. Donor; George J. Paulson to HST 3-3-66

Photo of many copies of an official report on Tuberculosis stacked on a table and nearby cabinets. A poster which can be seen more clearly in photo 2009-2184 illustrates what is being done in Poland to fight the disease.

Wounded being taken care of at the first dressing station back of the lines. 35th Division, Cheppy, Meuse, Varennes, France, Sept. 29, 1918. From: Lillian R. Craig, Scotland County Public Library, Memphis, Missouri.

Wounded men of the 25th Infantry Division receive emergency treatment before evacuation to rear areas during the Korean War.

Clarence R. Decker, Assistant Director, Mutual Security Agency and Chief of the Far East Division, on tour in Vietnam, is photographed with a group of medical personnel treating a patient for an eye problem.

Lieutenant E. Peterson holding the projectile he had just removed from a marine's brain. Aboard the U.S.S. Pickaway, Inchon, Korea.