Nurses and doctors prepare a patient for surgery

ID: 834 ~ Source: North Adams Historical Society, Untitled, n.d., from photograph album.
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Nurses and doctors prepare a patient for surgery
Courtesy of North Adams Historical Society

Here nurses and doctors prepare a patient for surgery in one of the hospital operation rooms. How does this differ from the operation rooms of today? Do we still use some of the same hygiene practices in during surgery? Courtesy of North Adams Historical Society, Untitled, n.d., from photograph album.

This file appears in: North Adams Nurse Training School

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