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Electricity in the Hospitals

Image of four different situations with wounded men

On the top left; a mechanical appliance for straightening a wounded leg. In the process of healing, the leg became bent and the muscles taut, and vinless straightened would be useless for life. Right below; an electric massage use to restore circulation in an injured limb.</br In circle; treating the wounded by electricity in an Austrian base hospital. Every method known to surgery is employed in the base hospitals of the contending armies to heal the wounded for further service in the field. Below; an artificial sunbath. These ultra-violet rays act exactly like the rays of the sun, cleansing the blood and killing germs

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