File:Meningitis - Lumbar puncture.jpg

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DescriptionMeningitis - Lumbar puncture.jpg	English: Original caption: “This picture illustrates the operation of lumbar puncture and the technique in injecting the antimeningitis serum. The patient is lying on his left side over the right side of the bed. His back is bowed by the physician in the middle of the photograph by flexing the hips on his abdomen and bending his head forward. The skin at the site of the operation has been painted with tincture of iodine. The site of the operation is draped off with sterile towels. The needle has been inserted at the level of the crest of the ileum, which is marked with tincture of iodine. The assistant at the head of the patient is taking blood pressure observations. The serum s being injected by gravity.” Deutsch: Historische Darstellung einer Lumbalpunktion und der anschließenden Antiserum-Gabe bei einem Meningitispatienten
Date	1913
Source	Sophian, Abraham: Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (1913), St. Louis, C.V Mosby, p. 171 (Scan from archive.org).
Author	unknown, maybe L.A. Marty, M.D, Kansas City (author of other photographies in this book)

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current	12:03, 15 October 2011	1,934 × 1,462 (886 KB)	Quibik	Removed the remaining coherent noise using FFT.
	00:09, 15 October 2011	1,934 × 1,462 (973 KB)	Jbarta	Starting with JP2 original from archive.org, grayscale, reduce regular noise using FFT, minor cleanup.
	22:36, 14 October 2011	1,942 × 1,479 (968 KB)	Polarlys	== Summary == {{Information \|Description ={{en\|1='''Original caption''': “This picture illustrates the operation of lumbar puncture and the technique in injecting the antimeningitis serum. The patient is lying on his left side over the right side of