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Earthquake/Turkey

Margaret Bourke-White1940

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Turkish surgeon Dr. Necmi Ayanoglu swabbing iodine on the back of pleurisy patient as nurse looks on while preparing to operate in a makeshift railroad car surgery after an earthquake destroyed the hospital..

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  • Title: Earthquake/Turkey
  • Date: 1940
  • Location: Erzincan, Turkey
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Turkey, Turkish, Nurses, Asepsis, 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_732701
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
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