The doctor helps a rancher carry his son into the hospital. The inebriated young man dislocated his elbow when he was thrown from a bronco at a rodeo.
In the backseat of a car, Dr. Ceriani administers a shot of morphine to a 60-year-old tourist from Chicago, seen here with her grandson, who was suffering from a mild heart disturbance.
“Don’t tell my mother,” said the young man. Still under the effects of ether, he didn’t realize she’d been holding his hand during the procedure.
Dr. Ceriani checks the blood pressure of 85-year-old Thomas Mitchell, who came to the hospital with a gangrenous leg. Knowing that Mitchell might not be strong enough to endure the necessary amputation, Ceriani had been postponing surgery.
When Mitchell finally rallied, the doctor gently carried him from the basement ward up to the operating room of the hospital, which had no elevator.
Dr. Ceriani gives the 85-year-old man spinal anesthesia before amputating his gangrenous left leg.
Doctor Ceriani checks 4-year-old Jimmy Free’s foot, cut when the boy stepped on broken glass.
The treeless ranching community of Kremmling, Colorado stands on a 7,000-ft. plateau beneath the towering Rocky Mountains.
After finishing a surgery that lasted until 2 AM, Dr. Ceriani stands exhausted in the hospital kitchen with a cup of coffee and a cigarette. The nurses, constantly admonished him to relax and rest, but because they are well aware that he cannot, they keep a potful of fresh coffee simmering for him at all hours.”
Dr. Ceriani examines his handiwork after the partial amputation of a patient’s leg.
Dr. Ernest Ceriani delivering a baby.
The contents of his doctor’s bag.
Great photos! A interesting view into a time and place which are not so far or long ago but seem very distant! More please.