M0005852: Chaco doctor wearing a sash across his chest to prevent the escape of the spirits of health

Date:: 21 October 1938

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/48/58

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005789-M0005896WT/D/1/20/1/48
        M0005852: Chaco doctor wearing a sash across his chest to prevent the escape of the spirits of healthWT/D/1/20/1/48/58

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M0005852: Chaco doctor wearing a sash across his chest to prevent the escape of the spirits of health. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Argentinian doctor with thorax covered with a corset

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a doctor from Chaco, north Argentina wearing a sah tied across his upper chest. The Spanish caption indicates the sash is worn by the doctor to prevent the spirits of health from escaping. The reproduction is from an unknown publication. Related images: M0005851, M0005953.

Publication/Creation

21 October 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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