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Treatment in the Electrotherapy Unit, 1954

Black and white photograph depicting a small room with a window and closed shutters. There is a ceiling light and a crucifix on the wall. Some shelves hold small, unidentifiable devices. A sort of bed resembling a large wooden box with a pillow is in the center. A woman in a nurse's uniform points a machine resembling a dark cannon towards a person who appears to be a patient of the Institute.

Archives des Soeurs Grises de Montréal, 1954

A nurse administering treatment to a patient. Although the exact nature of the treatment or machine is not known, it is safe to assume that, since it was administered in the electrotherapy unit of the Institute, the equipment and procedure seen here was electrotherapeutic in nature.