Photographs of Mbereshi Hospital work, patients and staff

Photographs taken by Douglas Harman, originally in envelope labelled "Hospital cases, Mbereshi", including: leprosy case, Kawimbe; child with tumour of left orbit (2 photographs); child with tumour of leg; "Philip - head orderly"; "clay figures made by leg ulcer boys"; "pest control in patients"; "o...

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Order number: MS 380815 Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 1952-1955
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MS 380815 Box 2
Summary: Photographs taken by Douglas Harman, originally in envelope labelled "Hospital cases, Mbereshi", including: leprosy case, Kawimbe; child with tumour of left orbit (2 photographs); child with tumour of leg; "Philip - head orderly"; "clay figures made by leg ulcer boys"; "pest control in patients"; "out clinic work in the open air"; "seal woman" (see also photograph in MS380815/2/2/1/3); child with smallpox (3 photographs); "absence of patellae" (2 photographs); "at the baby clinic"; "old man in Kamoshi [?]"; "yaws tibia"; child with kwashiorkor; tumour of orbit with galandular spread (3 photographs - see also photographs in MS380815/2/2/1/1); native nurse "scrubbing a lousy patient".
Extent: 22 photographs, 17 negatives
Custodial history: Other photographs which were originally contained in the same envelope have been catalogued as MS380815/2/2/1/3.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by SOAS, University of London
Language: English
Finding aids: Handlist available
Related material: See MS380815/2/2/1/1 and MS380815/2/2/1/3 for related photographs.
Format: Archive