File:Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, England, Wellcome L0058487.jpg
Original file (2,832 × 4,256 pixels, file size: 962 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, England, | |||
---|---|---|---|
Title |
Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, England, |
||
Description |
A hernia occurs when an organ or part of the body protrudes through the muscle wall in the body. This truss is used to support a hernia in the groin. Hernias of this type are caused by physical effort, or even through excessive coughing, and were once a very common problem among labourers and the elderly. Today they are usually easily corrected by a simple surgical procedure, but before the National Health Service began in 1948, hernias were often left untreated, causing a great deal of pain. The truss, constructed from cloth-covered metal, was made by S Maw, Sons and Son, a surgical and medical instrument maker based in London. maker: S Maw, Son & Sons Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images |
||
Credit line |
|
||
References |
|
||
Source/Photographer |
https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/d2/f8/c2dca69e2f8a96074e5cf40c5af6.jpg
|
Licensing
[edit]- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 14:03, 17 October 2014 | 2,832 × 4,256 (962 KB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, England, |description = A hernia occurs when an organ or part of the body protrudes through the... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Short title | L0058487 Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, Eng |
---|---|
Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0058487 Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, England, |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0058487 Double truss for the treatment of a hernia, London, England,
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A hernia occurs when an organ or part of the body protrudes through the muscle wall in the body. This truss is used to support a hernia in the groin. Hernias of this type are caused by physical effort, or even through excessive coughing, and were once a very common problem among labourers and the elderly. Today they are usually easily corrected by a simple surgical procedure, but before the National Health Service began in 1948, hernias were often left untreated, causing a great deal of pain. The truss, constructed from cloth-covered metal, was made by S Maw, Sons and Son, a surgical and medical instrument maker based in London. maker: S Maw, Son & Sons Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom made: 1901-1918 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
IIM version | 2 |