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MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION. Photo essay from hospital. Medical examination for the prevention of breast cancer at Aubagne medica...
MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION. Photo essay from hospital. Medical examination for the prevention of breast cancer at Aubagne medical center, France. The technician is helping the patient to position correctly on the mammogram.





FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743.1794), French chemist.





MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION. Model and health professional.Photo essay at Rouen University Hospital. Mammogram.





HEALTH TELEMATICS. Tele_consultation between the neurology department in Besançon hospital, France and A&E in Dole hospital, ...
HEALTH TELEMATICS. Tele_consultation between the neurology department in Besançon hospital, France and A&E in Dole hospital, France. Dole hospital doesn´t have a neurology department which makes detecting a CVA a difficult task. Telemedicine allows A&E doctors at Dole Hospital to obtain an immediate diagnosis by a neurologist in Besançon hospital. This system allows doctors to exchange medical imagery and the patient´s file.





PETSCAN. PETSCAN Photo essay from hospital. University medical center at Lille, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. P...
PETSCAN. PETSCAN Photo essay from hospital. University medical center at Lille, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. PET scan: Positron emission tomography.





INCUBATOR. INCUBATOR Photo essay from hospital. Neonatology. Premature infant at Neonatal Institute in Paris, France.





TESTING FOR ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE. TESTING FOR ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE Photo essay from speech therapist´s office. Alzheimer´s pati...
TESTING FOR ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE. TESTING FOR ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE Photo essay from speech therapist´s office. Alzheimer´s patient.





NURSE WITH PATIENT´S RECORD. NURSE WITH PATIENT´S RECORD Photo essay. Chatellerault Hospital (Camille Guérin Hospital) in the...
NURSE WITH PATIENT´S RECORD. NURSE WITH PATIENT´S RECORD Photo essay. Chatellerault Hospital (Camille Guérin Hospital) in the French department of Vienne.





BIOLOGY LABORATORY. BIOLOGY LABORATORY Photo essay from laboratory. Laboratory of cellular microbiology at the University med...
BIOLOGY LABORATORY. BIOLOGY LABORATORY Photo essay from laboratory. Laboratory of cellular microbiology at the University medical centre of Geneva (Switzerland). Here, genetic manipulation of pathogenic bacteria.





Scanning electron micrograph revealed some of the morphologic details displayed by a single Gram-negative Escherichia coli ba...
Scanning electron micrograph revealed some of the morphologic details displayed by a single Gram-negative Escherichia coli bacterium





NURSE WITH EQUIPMENT. NURSE WITH EQUIPMENT Photo essay at the hospital of Meaux 77, France. Department of maternity. Stock of...
NURSE WITH EQUIPMENT. NURSE WITH EQUIPMENT Photo essay at the hospital of Meaux 77, France. Department of maternity. Stock of disposable material gloves, scalpels, bandages.





BREAST GALACTOGRAPHY. BREAST GALACTOGRAPHY Photo essay from hospital. Institut Gustave-Roussy, in the French region of Ile-de...
BREAST GALACTOGRAPHY. BREAST GALACTOGRAPHY Photo essay from hospital. Institut Gustave-Roussy, in the French region of Ile-de-France. Galactography, or ductography, is a mammographic technique that involves injection of a contrast agent (dye) into a milk duct. This study can be useful in detecting cancer or lesions.





ULTRASOUND BIOMETRY OF THE FETUS. ´ULTRASOUND BIOMETRY OF THE FETUS Beyond the 8th week of pregnancy the embro becomes a fetu...
ULTRASOUND BIOMETRY OF THE FETUS. ´ULTRASOUND BIOMETRY OF THE FETUS Beyond the 8th week of pregnancy the embro becomes a fetus. The fetus can be visualized by analyzing the reflection of ultrasounds produced by ultrasonography, particularly well adapted for exploring fluid-containing organs such as the uterus during pregnancy.The human fetus develops in the womb surrounded by a membranous pouch containing amniotic fluid, that develops within one week of conception. Shown here, close-up of the





COLONOSCOPY. Photo essay from the department of endoscopy at Diaconesses Croix Saint_Simon Hospital, Paris, France. Photo ess...
COLONOSCOPY. Photo essay from the department of endoscopy at Diaconesses Croix Saint_Simon Hospital, Paris, France. Photo essay from the department of endoscopy at Diaconesses Croix Saint_Simon Hospital, Paris, Franc Coloscopy.





MAN HOSPITAL PATIENT W. NURSE. MAN HOSPITAL PATIENT W. NURSE Photo essay from hospital. Nurse and patient.





SIGHT. SIGHT Illustration of the visual areas of the brain shown in profile in a male skull.





HEART SURGERY. Photo essay at Necker hospital in Paris, France. Chain of Hope NGO has the aim to save the children severely i...
HEART SURGERY. Photo essay at Necker hospital in Paris, France. Chain of Hope NGO has the aim to save the children severely ill, condamned in their own country by lack of human, technical or financial means and offer the destituted children the ressources to





PEDICURE. PEDICURE Photo essay from hospital. Pedicure care at the Corentin Celton hospital Issy_les_Moulineaux, France on a ...
PEDICURE. PEDICURE Photo essay from hospital. Pedicure care at the Corentin Celton hospital Issy_les_Moulineaux, France on a diabetic patient. Milling of the little toe nail. In a diabetic person, any wound on the foot corn, ingrown nail,. can degenerate very quickly into perforating ulcer. A particular follow_up in pedicure_chiropody is then instaured.





DAMAGED MENISCUS, MRI. MRI scan of the left knee. The patient underwent arthroscopy to remove part of the damaged meniscus.





SCINTISCANNER. SCINTISCANNER Photo essay. Beaujon Hospital, in Clichy, near Paris, France.





SHIATSU. SHIATSU Photo essay on a Shiatsu session. The practice of Shiatsu, Japanese discipline being exercised on the ground...
SHIATSU. SHIATSU Photo essay on a Shiatsu session. The practice of Shiatsu, Japanese discipline being exercised on the ground, it consists in stimulating the body with rhythmic pressures at the level of the meridians of acupuncture. Here, stretching of the Achille´s tendon.





BRONCHIAL CANCER, ENDOSCOPY. BRONCHIAL CANCER, ENDOSCOPY Bronchial cancer _ lung cancer _ bronchial endocsopy.





BREAST BIOPSY. BREAST BIOPSY Photo essay. Radiology Department. Reims, France. September 2004. Mammary microbiopsy.





BONE DENSITOMETRY EXAMINATION. BONE DENSITOMETRY EXAMINATION Photo essay in a rheumatology center.





VENA CAVA, ANGIOGRAPHY. VENA CAVA, ANGIOGRAPHY Healthy inferior vena cava, right and left common iliac veins, visualized by a...
VENA CAVA, ANGIOGRAPHY. VENA CAVA, ANGIOGRAPHY Healthy inferior vena cava, right and left common iliac veins, visualized by abdominal phlebography in front view.





HERBAL MEDICINE. HERBAL MEDICINE Powder of Guarana, natural energetic product from Amazonia, guarana is a vine from the Brazi...
HERBAL MEDICINE. HERBAL MEDICINE Powder of Guarana, natural energetic product from Amazonia, guarana is a vine from the Brazilian amazon forest, native from the ancestral land of the Indian Satere Mawe. The seeds are gathered and roasted.





POLIOMYELITIS. POLIOMYELITIS Pontine histopathology due to the affects of poliomyelitis. Photomicrograph of the pons at the l...
POLIOMYELITIS. POLIOMYELITIS Pontine histopathology due to the affects of poliomyelitis. Photomicrograph of the pons at the level of the CN VI nucleus, (Abducens N.), from a patient with Type III poliomyelitis.





SALPINGITIS, X-RAY. SALPINGITIS, X-RAY Salpingo-ovaritis - Sterility caused by bilateral genital inflammation of the Fallopia...
SALPINGITIS, X-RAY. SALPINGITIS, X-RAY Salpingo-ovaritis - Sterility caused by bilateral genital inflammation of the Fallopian tubes and ovaries. Uterus (UT) - Ovaries (OV) - Fallopian tubes (U-Tr). Frontal radiograph of the uterus and ovaries.





FETUS, 3D SONOGRAPHY. FETUS, 3D SONOGRAPHY Surface mode of the fetal face. Fetus at 24 weeks.





MESOTHERAPY. MESOTHERAPY Photo essay from doctor´s office in Fismes France. Mesotherapy at the level of the carpal tunnel.





EXCISION. EXCISION Excision. Illustration of the genital anatomy of an excised woman. The clitoris as well as the labia major...
EXCISION. EXCISION Excision. Illustration of the genital anatomy of an excised woman. The clitoris as well as the labia major and minor have been replaced by a lump of scar tissue.





EYE SURGERY, DRAWING. LASEK refractive surgery: step 2. See images 1180705, 1210405, 1210505 and 1210605 for steps 1, 3, 4 an...
EYE SURGERY, DRAWING. LASEK refractive surgery: step 2. See images 1180705, 1210405, 1210505 and 1210605 for steps 1, 3, 4 and 5. Here, an illustration of the second step in the procedure. A layer of corneal epithelium is shaved off in a single piece using a small spatula.





ULTRASOUND BIOMETRY OF THE FETUS. ULTRASOUND BIOMETRY OF THE FETUS Ultrasound scan of a 12_week_old fetus sagittal section.





PREGNANT WOMAN, ULTRASONOGRAPHY. PREGNANT WOMAN, ULTRASONOGRAPHY Photo essay. Arm and fingers displayed on screen.





ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT. ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT A coronary stent is a a tiny, stainless steel coil or mesh tube th...
ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT. ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT A coronary stent is a a tiny, stainless steel coil or mesh tube that is inserted into an artery to form a rigid support which holds the artery open after balloon angioplasty. 3D CT scan. The icon at the bottom-right indicates the image´s perspective: A : anterior, P : posterior, R : right, L : left, F : foot (viewed from below), H : head (viewed from above).





WOMAN LIGHT THERAPY. WOMAN LIGHT THERAPY Model. Young woman facing a light therapy lamp. Light therapy lamps emit white light...
WOMAN LIGHT THERAPY. WOMAN LIGHT THERAPY Model. Young woman facing a light therapy lamp. Light therapy lamps emit white light imitating daylight. They are used, between among other things, to fight against seasonal affective disorder.





BLOOD SPECIMEN. BLOOD SPECIMEN Photo essay at the hospital of Meaux 77, France. Department of neonatal resuscitation. A pedia...
BLOOD SPECIMEN. BLOOD SPECIMEN Photo essay at the hospital of Meaux 77, France. Department of neonatal resuscitation. A pediatric nurse is preparing a blood collection for a premature baby.





GALLSTONE, SURGERY. GALLSTONE, SURGERY Champigny Surgical Clinic, in the French region of Ile-de-France. Gallstone removal.





PSYCHIATRIST. PSYCHIATRIST Photo essay from hospital. Consultation between psychiatric nurse and patient.





ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT. ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.Vascular surgery that a angi...
ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT. ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, RESULT Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.Vascular surgery that a angiographic-controlled balloon to enlarge the blood vessel´s diameter. Here, angiography of femoral artery. Stenosed arteries (at left) was opened (at right).

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