Fatima, Portugal: curativos aos peregrinos = Soins aux pèlerins = Dressing the wounds of the pilgrims = Tratando de sus heridas Fatima, Portugal: curativos aos peregrinos = Soins aux pèlerins = Dressing the wounds of the pilgrims = Tratando de sus heridas

Collection: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) Alternate Title(s): Curativos aos peregrinos, Dressing the wounds of the pilgrims, Soins aux pèlerins, and Tratando de sus heridas Author(s): Rego, Teófilo, 1914-1993 photographer Contributor(s): Zwerdling, Michael, former owner Publication: [Portugal] : [publisher not identified], [between 1950 and 1970?] Language(s): Portuguese French English Spanish Format: Still image Subject(s): Nurses Catholicism Travel Walking -- injuries Wounds and Injuries -- therapy Portugal Genre(s): Postcard Abstract: Color postcard featuring a photograph of nurses washing the feet of religious pilgrims at Fatima, Portugal. The pilgrims are sitting in chairs with their feet in metal basins or propped up for the nurses. The nurses are sittling on stools in front of the chairs. Some are washing their patients feet, one is putting a bandage on a woman's leg. The nurses are wearing white uniforms and veils. There is a blue star on the front of the veil. The nurses have blue armbands. Only a capital "S" is visible on the armband of the nurse in the foreground. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 postcard : 10 x 15 cm Provenance: Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22. Technique: color NLM Unique ID: 101732847 (See catalog record) OCLC no.: 1105261649 Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101732847