The nurse Geneviève de Galard and Dr Howard A. Rusk with three disabled patients at Bellevue Medical Center, New York. Photograph, 1955.

New York (1[?]61 Eighth Avenue) : United Press Associations, 9/19/55 [19 September 1955]

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 21.4 x 16.7 cm

Dien angel begins new nurse course. New York: French nurse Geneviève de Galard Terraube, the "angel of Dienbienphu", talks to patients [...]. Lettering on verso, mimeographed: "Dien angel begins new nurse course. New York: French nurse Geneviève de Galard Terraube, the "angel of Dienbienphu", talks to patients September 19th as she begins a postgraduate course at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Bellevue Medical Center in New York. With Mlle de Galard, who will take in-service training in nursing the physically handicapped, is Dr Howard A. Rusk (right), Director of the Institute. The patients are: (left to right) French Sgt Raymond Wegscheider, 27, who was paralyzed from the waist down at the battle of Heartbreak Ridge in Korea in 1951; Frances Milan, 16, of Georgetown, S. C.; and German Ortega, 22 (rear), of Bogotá, Colombia. Credit (United Press photo) 9/19/55"

Wellcome Collection 2000598i