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 cry

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 cry

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Schwab, Eric, photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Midwifery
Nurse Midwives
Parturition
World Health Organization.
Abstract:
A midwife helps a woman through childbirth; two other woman offer assistance, one of which is beating a tin tray, the traditional way to make the baby cry. Verso: WHO/6253. SEARO. MCH. SM 8-9.1976.
Copyright:
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Copyright Information:
World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101437217 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013960
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437217