Early innovations in maritime telemedical services: the KDKF Radio Medico Station

“MAN PUT HIS TONGUE AGAINST REFRIGERATOR PIPE AND GOT IT FROZEN; HAVE THAWED IT OUT AND IT IS NOW BLISTERED AND SWOLLEN BUT NOT PAINFUL. ARRIVING HONOLULU FRIDAY; HOW CAN I HELP HIM MEANWHILE?” Thus read a message relayed via radiogram across the ocean to the physician stationed at the Seamen’s Chu...

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Main Authors: Johnathan Thayer, Stefan Dreisbach-Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of the Medical Library Association
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Online Access:http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1567