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1917
Surgical Ward
Unlike most official photographs of the
wards, this more candid picture taken by
a young resident medical officer shows
visitors with the patients. Some are
clustered around beds, some are sitting
on them. On admittance to hospital,
patients were given passes for two visitors,
who could use them on three specified
afternoons a week. Extra visitor tickets
could be purchased but patients were still
only allowed to have two visitors at a time.
Photographer Clarence Hains; image courtesy of the School
of Medicine Heritage Collection, University of Sydney
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