World War One serviceman receiving treatment

4 June, 1919

Image S13-566d Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago

This photograph is entitled ‘The treatment of stiff joints by dry radiant heat’ and is one of a series that featured in the Otago Witness after World War One (1914-18). A notable feature in all of the photographs, which were taken at Dunedin Hospital, is the standard practice of the returned servicemen wearing their uniforms while receiving treatment.