Set of small photographs (Picture Post photographs)

Date:
1946
Reference:
RET 1/8/9/6/11
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The Retreat Archive
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Set of small photographs (Picture Post photographs). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photographs are similar to those in RET 1/8/9/9/1-10. Photographs comprise: 1. Inductotherm in use for lumbar fibrositis (1 photograph) 2. Inductotherm with coil distributed over the whole body for general raising of body temperature in treatment of General Paralysis of the Insane (GPI) (1 photograph) 3. Massage of scalp for treatment of insomnia without drugs (1 photograph) 4. Back massage (1 photograph) 5 - 7. Female patient exercising, doing relaxation exercises and cycling of legs to strengthen abdominal muscles (3 photographs) 8 - 27. Patients, men and women, doing exercises and country dancing in grounds (20 photographs) 28 - 29. Patients throwing ball in grounds (2 photographs) 30. Relaxing class in Recreation Room for male cases of neurosis: breathing exercises to suitable music (1 photograph)

Publication/Creation

1946

Physical description

30 photographs

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Open and available at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. This material has been digitised by the Borthwick Institute for Archives as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project, and can be freely accessed online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.

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