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Earthquake/Turkey

Margaret Bourke-White1940

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Soldier Ahmet Anac, 26, on operating table after developing an infection under his left ribs following an attack of pleurisy, as Turkish surgeon Necmi Ayanoglu w. his nurses perpare to operate in 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_732699
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
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