M0001904: Reproduction of a photograph of Kenyan medicine men in ceremonial dress and an illustration of "The worm in Saxon medicine"
- Date:
- 22 May 1931
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/17/93
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Sixty centuries of health and physick.
Description
Two images on one negative: the first is a reproduction of a photograph of Kenyan medicine men in ceremonial dress, with the caption "The fanatic dance of Kenyah medicine men". Related images: V0015994. The second is a reproduction of an illustration of "The worm in Saxon medicine" from Stubbs, S. G. Blaxland: Sixty centuries of health and physick : the progress of ideas from primitive magic to modern medicine, London: S. Low, Marston & co., ltd, [1931]. Related images: M0001895, M0001897EA, M0001897EB, M0001899EA, M0001899EB, M0001900EA, M0001900EB, M0001901EA, M0001901EB, M0001902EA, M0001902EB, M0001903EA, M0001903EB, M0001905EA, M0001905EB, M0001906EB, M0001911, M0008013, L0003745, L0003743, M0014472, L0003876
Please be aware that only the illustration of "The worm in Saxon medicine" has been digitised from this negative
Publication/Creation
22 May 1931
Physical description
2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative. There is a similar photograph of the Kenyan medicine men held by Wellcome Collection: 21495i
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.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request