Operation Collection (page 10)

Electro-magnet
A photograph showing well-known French surgeon, Professor Bergonie applying an electro-magnet to extract a shell splinter from a soldier during an operation at Grand-Lebrun hospital in Bordeaux

Corinth Canal Works
Construction of the CORINTH CANAL : this striking view shows the enormous operation of literally cutting through Greece from coast to coast

Brave Accordeon Player
At Stradella, Italy, accordeon player Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics for leg amputation, provided he can play his instrument during the operation

Germans Attack Pill-Box
German infantry advancing into Russia attack a Soviet pill-box

Patient under Anaestheti
Patient being put under anaesthetic before an operation

8-Horse Rolling Wagon
A team of eight horses pulls a heavy wagon with an undercarriage mounted on four rollers. The text below gives instruction for the operation and loading of the wagon

Purifying Sulphur
Once the sulphure has been mined, it must be refined before it can be used commercially. Furnaces at Catolica perform this operation on the spot

Tattooing Day, Samoa
TATTOOING DAY IN SAMOA A Matai (= tattooer) works on a young man : he does about 40 cm2 in an hours session, continued at intervals till the operation is completed

Stalin Line Pierced
German armoured divisions pierce the Stalin Line, destroy Russian tanks and munition carriers

Dieppe Raid Fails
OPERATION JUBILEE - The Allies make a disastrous raid on Dieppe which achieves nothing except to show how difficult the invasion of Europe is certain to be

Coaling a Train
A railway worker putting coal into a tender, a scene at Liverpool Street Station, London, England

Germany Offers Homerule
Germany offers Ireland home rule, in the event of a German victory - and in return for Irish co-operation !

Lithotritie Operation
Eminent French doctors examine a patient after a successful operation for lithotritie

Surgery Cures Handicap
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: crippled man reconstructed by skillful surgeon

German Tank Destroyed
The moment of destruction for a German tank

Russians Liberate Villag
Soviet infantry improvise a smoke-screen to conceal their attack on a Russian village held by the Germans

Operation on Skull
Operating on the Skull

German Anti-Tank Gun
German anti-tank gun in action against the Russians

Operation Dragoon / 1944
Operation Dragoon, the successful allied invasion of Southern France. Within 30 days it had linked up with the Normandy invasion forces

Surgery / Chloroform / 1885
A surgical operation in the Murghab valley; the patient is under chloroform

Edward Visits Gt Eastern
Edward Prince of Wales visits the Great Eastern at Sheerness and observes the amazing operation of taking on board sufficient cable to stretch across the Atlantic. Date: 24 May 1865

Train Takes up Water
A locomotive of the Great Northern Railway taking up water - an essential part of steam engine operation

Electricity V Steam
In the early years of the 20th century electricity began to compete with steam, but proved to be practicable mainly on shorter runs

Blasting at Emperador
The American operation : blasting rock at the Emperador cutting

The Culebra Cutting
The American operation : this scene at the Culebra cutting gives some idea of the vast quantity of rock and soil which has to be removed

Birds Operate
Birds perform a medical operation on an unidentifiable creature

Vauban (Card)
SEBASTIEN DE VAUBAN French military engineer, depicted planning a siege operation in the field

Pam Television Set
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Medical Operation 1930S
Putting a patient to sleep before an operation

Mississippi Operation
Lightning flashes as Union forces land on Island number 10, where the Confederates have a battery which threatens river traffic

Reading the Log - 3
On board a troop ship bound for the East, a log line is used to measure the speed of the ship in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Reading the Log - 2
Aboard a ship on the way to India a log line is used to measure her speed in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Operation / Photo
An operation in progress

Operation / London
The operating theatre at the Royal Free Hospital, London, during an operation

Operation / Vienna
At the Allgemeinen Krankenhause, Vienna, professor Billroth performs an operation watched by students and colleagues

Florida Sorcerer
A tribal sorcerer in Florida seeks to learn the outcome of a projected military operation

C16 Man in Surgical Vice
Man held in a surgical vice preceeding an operation

East India Railway
The East India Railway in operation

Operation in Venice 1495
An operation in Venice

Medical / Trepanning
A trepanning operation

Flemish tooth-drawer with patient and audience
A Flemish tooth-drawer has an audience gathered round him while he operates on a patient

Futuristic floor polishing machine
A maid operates a futuristic automated electric floor polishing machine -- housework made easy

Leg Amputation, 16th century
Removing a leg in the 16th century

Changing trains at Gloucester
The break of gauge from wide to narrow gauge at Gloucester means that cross-country passengers and their baggage have to change trains

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