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- A young patient with rheumatic fever on the terrace of the Pyramid Clinic2
- Traditional hospitals and sanatoria are now judged unnecessary for most tuberculosis patients, unless there are complications2
- ... a patient brought back from clinical death1
- ... a waiting room for cardiac patients taking part in a survey of cardiovascular diseases1
- ... briefs a young doctor on the characteristics of Aedes aegypti1
- ... concerned with the cause and prevention of malnutrition in children1
- ... functional façades bristle with bamboo rods hung with brightly coloured clean linen1
- ... one of the first parachute nurses1
- ... villagers of Djipologo, Upper Volta, who have lost their sight due to onchocerciasis1
- A "barefoot doctor" from the Hong Shi production brigade, in northern China checks on the health of a mother and her chil in their home. When there is a choice between ancient herbal remedies and "Western" ones, many patients prefer traditional medicine1
- A frightened farmer carries his wife, stricken down with tetanus, to the People's Health Centre in Savar- a boldly pioneering complex that is bringing health care to the rural poor of Bangladesh1
- A moment of discomfort - but it will ensure that he will never suffer: the wasting disease of tuberculosis. Vaccination must be a regular feature of child care, preferably under a program which forms an integral part of any country's health services1
- A pacemaker to prevent heart block is bbeing passed into the patient's right ventricle while the checks its position on the x-ray screen1
- A patient being treated in a Sudanese hospital for sleeping sickness. The disease is caused by one ot the parasites whose life-cycles we need to understand better if we are to contol them1
- A sturdy- looking six-year-old child of the Turkana. The scars on his abdomen testify to blood-letting rituals1
- A therapist trying to restore the use of a patient's rheumatic fingers1
- A throat operation kept alive this little Indonesian victim of diphtheria - still one of the lethal communicable diseases1
- A traditional midwife, the dia, makes her first delivery after being retrained in the fundamentals of safer childbirth. Meanwhile, a neighbour bangs on a tin tray in time-honoured fashion to make the baby cry1
- A woman "paramedic" tests the tetanus case for serum hypersensitivity before starting the emergency treatment that will save her life1
- A woman at the philippines health centre learns how to prepare oral rehydration fluid for home treatment of her child1