M0001954: Two photographs from a hospital that treated venereal or sexually transmitted diseases

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Hospital for treatment of V.D.

Two images on one negative: the first is a photograph showing the irrigation cubicles in the hospital, and the second is a photograph showing the examination cubicle in the section for women, with the counter being used as an arm-rest for the administration of arsenobenzol (or Arsphenamine) vaccines, commonly used for treating syphilis and other diseases. The reproductions are from an unknown publication.

June 1931

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

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