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anesthesia
How anesthesia works.
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Explore the contributions of women in various fields during the American Civil War
Discover some of the many roles women played in the American Civil War—from nurses...
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hypertension
Nurse using a sphygmomanometer to check a patient's blood pressure.
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Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital
Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital in Scutari (Üsküdar), writing letters...
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Stephen Girard
Stephen Girard, lithograph by A. Newsam after a portrait by B. Otis
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
tuberculosis vaccination
A child receiving a UNICEF-funded tuberculosis vaccine at a school in Bulacan province,...
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tuberculosis
American Red Cross poster promoting a Christmas seal campaign to raise money to fight...
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World War II: poster
U.S. Army Nurse Corps poster from World War II reading “
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National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md.
nurse; doctor; MRI
A nurse (right) and doctor preparing a hospital patient for an MRI.
© Epstock/Dreamstime.com
vaccine
A nurse immunizing a patient with an intramuscular vaccination.
© FatCamera—E+/Getty Images
home-care nurse
A home-care nurse listening to a patient's lungs with a stethoscope.
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Nuoro
Nuoro at the foot of Monte Ortobene, Sardinia, Italy.
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