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Pilkington Special Hospital, Borough Road, St Helens, Lancashire, September 1918. Artist: H Bedford Lemere.
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Title:
Pilkington Special Hospital, Borough Road, St Helens, Lancashire, September 1918. Artist: H Bedford Lemere.
Caption:
Pilkington Special Hospital, Borough Road, St Helens, Lancashire, September 1918. 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.
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Credit:
Album / Heritage Images / Historic England
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
4810 x 3938 px | 54.2 MB
Print size:
40.7 x 33.3 cm | 16.0 x 13.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1910S • 1ST WORLD WAR • 20TH CENTURY • AVENUE • B & W • B / W • B&W • BEDFORD LEMERE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BOROUGH ROAD • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CASUALTY • CENTURY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • FIRST WORLD WAR • GUY • H BEDFORD LEMERE • H • H. • HEALTH • HEALTHCARE • HEAT • HOME FRONT • HOSPITAL • HOT WEATHER • INDOORS • INSIDE • INTERIOR • JAMES KERR • JAMES R KERR • JAMES R • KERR • KILLED SOLDIER • LANCASHIRE • LANE • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MILITARY • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • PATIENT • PEOPLE • PHOTOGRAPH • PILKINGTON SPECIAL HOSPITAL • REHABILITATION • ROAD • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • ST HELENS • STREET • THERAPEUTIC • THERAPY • THERMAL • TREATING • TREATMENT • WAR • WARMTH • WARTIME • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WOUND • WOUNDED • WW1 • WWI
