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Otosporin drops : to soothe and clear the infected ear Otosporin drops.

M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use

A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.

An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Watercolour.

A medical myth : Parsley for urinary disease.

Wooden netsuke from the Nagoya school, Japan, 1771-1800

The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: an exhibition on prehistoric medicine opened in 1951. Photograph.

An African shaman and rain-maker in his/her ritual costume. Wood engraving.

A Maiduguri medicine man or shaman, Nigeria. Halftone after a photograph attributed to O.S.M. Temple.

The Wellcome Research Institution building, Euston Road, London: looking through the Primitive Medicine Gallery of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph, n.d. [c. 1939].

A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

Aṉupava vaittiya tēva rakaciyam / Śrīmat Takṣiṇāmūrtti Cuvāmikaḷatu toṇṭarākiya Je. Cīttārām Pirasāt avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappeṟṟatu ; Vaittiya Vitvaṉmaṇi Ci. Kaṇṇucāmippiḷḷai avarkaḷiṉ kumārarākiya Dr. K. Rātākiruṣṇaṉ avarkaḷāl tiruttiyum, viḷakkiyum, putuppikkappaṭṭatu.

Aṉupava vaittiya rattiṉam : nāṉkāvatu pākam Patārtta kuṇa pōtiṉi / nūlāciriyar Pikṣu.

Har ek bīmārī kā ʻilāj : mardānah va zanānah / Ḵẖālid Jāvīd Shamsī.

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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: an exhibition on prehistoric medicine opened in 1951. Photograph.

Aṉupava vaittiya rattiṉam : nāṉkāvatu pākam Patārtta kuṇa pōtiṉi / nūlāciriyar Pikṣu.

Har ek bīmārī kā ʻilāj : mardānah va zanānah / Ḵẖālid Jāvīd Shamsī.