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Traditional medicine

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Images

  • Otosporin drops : to soothe and clear the infected ear Otosporin drops.
  • 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].
  • Bridal belt, Southern Russia, 1701-1900
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Works

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

    Fairclough, T. Lindsay. | Reference: 21348i
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    What seems to be the problem? : a doctor's story about courage, compassion, and a new way to care / Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews.

    Marshall-Andrews, Laura | Date: 2022
  • view The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: an exhibition on prehistoric medicine opened in 1951. Photograph.
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    • Online

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

    | Date: 1951 | Reference: 29371i
    • Books

    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.

    Cīttārām Pirasāt, Je. | Date: 1955
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    Aṉupava vaittiya rattiṉam : nāṉkāvatu pākam Patārtta kuṇa pōtiṉi / nūlāciriyar Pikṣu.

    Pikṣu. | Date: 1936
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