M0001997: Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment nursing an isolated patient with pneumonic plague in the former region of Manchuria
- Date:
- 17 June 1931
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/18/73
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Patients with pneumonic plague in Manchuria.
Description
Photograph of two healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment nursing isolated patients during the Manchurian pneumonic plague outbreak in 1910-1911. The patient in the cubicle, whose hand only can be seen, is being given an injection.
Publication/Creation
17 June 1931
Physical description
2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm slide transparency; 5 x 5 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request