Image: Guy's Hospital- Life in a London Hospital, England, 1941 D2325

Description: Guy's Hospital- Life in a London Hospital, England, 1941 A VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse arranges an asbestos blanket over an electrically heated frame to create a hood over this patient to help warm them quickly. In cases of severe shock, the patient's clothes are cut away so that the surface of the skin can some into closer contact with the heat.
Title: Guy's Hospital- Life in a London Hospital, England, 1941 D2325
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//40/media-40982/large.jpg This is photograph D 2325 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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