[Shitala Mata, Indian goddess of smallpox]

[Shitala Mata, Indian goddess of smallpox]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Religion and Medicine
World Health Organization.
Abstract:
Statue of a barebreasted woman sitting sidesaddle on a horse; she is holding a small pot under her left arm, and a sheaf of plant material (fennel?) in her right hand. Verso: WHO/18403. SEARO. Smallpox-India. SM 5-1980. So rooted was smallpox in the everyday life of India that the disease has its own goddess, Shitala Mata.
Copyright:
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Copyright Information:
World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101437248 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A014039
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437248