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1 process print : halftone ; image 12.8 x 7.1 cm

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

1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin

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

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.

Carasvati Caṅkam piracuram

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

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

Paisano books

Texas folk medicine : 1,333 cures, remedies, preventives & health practices / Compiled and edited by John Q. Anderson. Woodcuts by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.

Wiener ethnomedizinische Reihe

Steven Lihonama Lutumo : Leben und Arbeit eines traditionellen Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias ; ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin / Ruth Kutalek.

A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.

Tobacco has been used for recreational and ceremonial uses in the Americas for centuries. This buckskin (deer hide) pouch held tobacco leaves. It was made by the Plains Indians of North America. It is decorated with a fringe of hide tassels. The intricate geometric beading is typical of their culture. 

Native American Indians often created bags with specific designs for contents such as medicines or tobacco. These bags were often intricately decorated with traditional beading. This was especially the case if they held important or sacred contents.

maker: Blackfoot

Place made: Canada

Beaded buckskin tobacco pouch, Canada, 1860-1880

<p>And the silent spoke is a rich collection of true stories based on one woman's adventures exploring Earth's remote indigenous villages for ancient medical treatments-- back cover.</p>

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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.

Texas folk medicine : 1,333 cures, remedies, preventives & health practices / Compiled and edited by John Q. Anderson. Woodcuts by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.

Steven Lihonama Lutumo : Leben und Arbeit eines traditionellen Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias ; ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin / Ruth Kutalek.

A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.

Beaded buckskin tobacco pouch, Canada, 1860-1880

And the silent spoke / Amy L. Greeson

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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.

Texas folk medicine : 1,333 cures, remedies, preventives & health practices / Compiled and edited by John Q. Anderson. Woodcuts by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.

Steven Lihonama Lutumo : Leben und Arbeit eines traditionellen Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias ; ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin / Ruth Kutalek.

A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.

Beaded buckskin tobacco pouch, Canada, 1860-1880

And the silent spoke / Amy L. Greeson

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