Earthquake/Turkey

Margaret Bourke-White1940

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Turkish surgeon Dr. Necmi Ayanoglu reaching into the pleurisy patient's back incision & cutting out a piece of rib which causes pus & water from the infection to gush out, during operation in a makeshift railroad car surgery after an earthquake.

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Title: Earthquake/Turkey
Date: 1940
Location: Erzincan, Turkey
Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
Subject Keywords: Turkey, Lungs, Turkish, Nurses, Operating Scenes, Necmi Ayanoglu, Doctors, Medicine, Earthquakes, Vintage Print, 1940s
Publisher: TimeLife
Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
Provider: LIFE
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Original ID: TimeLife_image_732676
Credits: LIFE
Copyright: © Time Inc.

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