Native life in South Africa: doctoring a patient

Native life in South Africa: doctoring a patient

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
Union of South Africa : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1961]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Medicine, African Traditional
Physician-Patient Relations
South Africa
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This postcard depicts a native healer treating a patient. Both are seated on a brown blanket on the grass. The healer is leaning over the right side of the patient's face or possibly his ear. The grimace on the patient's face and his tensed raised hands indicate that he is in pain or discomfort. Various items are scattered on the blanket and the grass, including a shield, a coiled rope, and animal horns or claws.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101769657 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05608
OCLC no.:
1370212948
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101769657