Hospital Oxygen Tent
by Library Of Congress
Title
Hospital Oxygen Tent
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Library Of Congress
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Hospital oxygen tent. Nurse in the 1940s being trained in a US hospital in the use of an oxygen tent. This tent provides the patient inside with oxygen at a higher level than normal. This is used when the patient has difficulty breathing. The warning sign cautions against naked flames, sparks, or electrical devices, which could ignite the oxygen. Photographed in November 1942 by German-US photographer Fritz Henle (1909-1933) as part of a US government project that documented life in the USA between 1935 and 1944.
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July 22nd, 2016
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