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           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_380815.2.2.1.13
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MS 380815 Box 2
callnumber MS 380815/2/2/1/13
callnumber_txt MS 380815/2/2/1/13
callnumber-sort MS 380815/2/2/1/13
prefix_number 13
title Photographs of Mbereshi Hospital work, patients and staff
scb_date_creation 1952-1955
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 22 photographs, 17 negatives
format Archive
scb_custodial_history Other photographs which were originally contained in the same envelope have been catalogued as MS380815/2/2/1/3.
description 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".
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by SOAS, University of London
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Handlist available
scb_related_material See MS380815/2/2/1/1 and MS380815/2/2/1/3 for related photographs.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 380815
hierarchy_sequence MS_380815.002.002.001.0013