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M0005982: Men sweeping sickness away from two boys. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
M0005982: Men sweeping sickness away from two boys
- Date:
- 02 January 1939
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/49/83
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: All traces of sickness must be literally swept-away', etc.
Description
Photograph by Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz (1900-1945), British colonial administrator, of men from the Ewe people of West Africa treating two boys. According to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession register, this was done by sweeping the boys with a small broom after the sickness has left their body and entered the fowl (see image M0005981). The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accession in 1939 (accession number PHO 11184). Related images: M0005981.
Publication/Creation
02 January 1939
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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