Healthcare in the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR (1929)

An elderly woman holding small children sits on a felt mat in a yurt.

The woman's face is deformed as a result of syphilis.

The woman's face, with a bandage placed across the bridge of her nose in the early stages of syphilis.

The man's face is damaged as a result of syphilis.

The face of an elderly Buryat.

Areas of skin on the body of an elderly Buryat man affected by sexually transmitted diseases.

A doctor examines the affected areas of skin on the patient's body.

The affected skin is on the left side.

A team of doctors prepares a patient for cerebrospinal fluid sampling.

The process of collecting cerebrospinal fluid from a patient.

The face of the doctor taking the sample.

Doctors in the lab analyze samples taken from patients.

A lab worker looks through the eyepiece of a microscope.

Animal samples are taken.