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Military hospitals: Servicemen undergoing special treatments at Pilkington Special Hospital in St Helens, September 1918...

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Military hospitals: Servicemen undergoing special treatments at Pilkington Special Hospital in St Helens, September 1918 (b/w photo)
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Lemere, Henry Bedford (1865-1944) / English
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black and white photograph
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Pilkington Special Hospital, Borough Road, St Helens. Wounded servicemen receiving thermo-therapy (hot dry-air treatment) at the Pilkington Special Hospital. Their limbs are being subjected to hot dry air (250 Fahrenheit to 300 Fahrenheit) in asbestos lined cabinets. The Pilkington Special Orthopaedic Hospital was conceived by Surgeon James R Kerr along with Pilkington Brothers, glass manufacturers. It was established in 1916 for the treatment and rehabilitation of servicemen disabled during the First World War. Bedford Lemere & Co.

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Germany / Europe / United Kingdom / Italy / bed / furniture / medicine / First World War (1914-1918) / war / pilkington special orthopaedic hospital / interior / soldier / equipment / hospitals / beds / treatment / interiors / convalescence / thermo-therapy / england / hospital / great war / britain / british / home front / 1st world war / medical / rehabilitation / united kingdom / first world war / english / merseyside / ww1 / st helens / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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