Title:
Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST-157
Object ID:
2012.002.04
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Description:
Set of 8 photographs of an emergency appendectomy performed aboard LST-157 while at sea in the North Atlantc. Raymond Kimball (father of donor) assisted with the anaesthetic cone.
Place:
North Atlantic Ocean
Copyright:
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Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST 157
Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST 157
Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST 157
Back of Picture 3 from Appendectomy on LST 157
Incision of Emergency Appendectomy on LST 157
Locating Appendix
Separating the Appendix on LST 157
Appendix Removed
Reverse of Appendix Removed
Sewing the Incision
Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST 157
Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST 157
Emergency Appendectomy Aboard LST 157
Back of Picture 3 from Appendectomy on LST 157
Incision of Emergency Appendectomy on LST 157
Locating Appendix
Separating the Appendix on LST 157
Appendix Removed
Reverse of Appendix Removed
Sewing the Incision