A nurse giving radiotherapy treatment to a patient. Photograph by L. Nilsson, 194- (?).
- Nilsson, Lennart, 1922-2017.
- Date:
- [between 1940 and 1949?]
- Reference:
- 539341i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The Radiumhemmet ("Radium Home") in Stockholm was founded in 1910: see E. Berven, S. Hultberg, H. Kottmeier, et al., The first fifty years: Radium-hemmet 1910-1937 and King Gustaf V Jubilee Clinic 1938-1960, Acta Radiologica Suppl., 1965, 250; Charles R. R. Hayter, 'The clinic as laboratory: the case of radiation therapy, 1896-1920', Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1998, 72: 663-688
Publication/Creation
Stockholm : International Magazine Service, [between 1940 and 1949?]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 17.9 x 24.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Foto: Lennart Nilsson. Arne Nilsson. For high-voltge therapy, the Radium Home makes use of an x-ray apparatus of 400,000 volts, the largest current in use for treatment in Sweden. In the picture, the nurse is covering the healthy tissues surrounding the place of treatment with lead-rubber plates.
Terms of use
Bears copyright stamp of International Magazine Services, Stockholm, and (presumably as their UK agent) Camera Press, London
Reference
Wellcome Collection 539341i
Creator/production credits
Apparently an early work by the photographer Lennart Nilsson who became well-known internationally in the 1960s for his work 'A child is born': his name is written in ink on the verso of the photograph. Confusion with "Arne Nilsson" is possible: that name is typed on the agency's label stuck to the verso
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores