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Dr. Sven Lokrantz and a group of doctors examine a child, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Dr. Sven Lokrantz and a group of doctors examine a child, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1927
1927-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Dr. Lokrantz and the Department of Health and Corrective Physical Education treats the children of Los Angeles that have heart defects, which have been observed among 10 percent of children examined.
Photograph appears with the article, "Science Guards Young Hearts," Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb 1927: A2.
Six doctors gather around a young girl, listening to her heartbeat through her bare chest with their stethoscopes.
Text from negative sleeve: LOKRANTZ, SVEN DR. Ling Foundation + LA Board of Education, Dir. of Health + Corrective Ed.
Text from newspaper caption: Listening to Beats
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5730
ark:/21198/zz002cvt6j
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Medical equipment & supplies
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Lokrantz, Sven (Dr.), 1892-1940
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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