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Medical Research Institute, Accra: disinfection with a spray from a tank. Photograph, 1928.

Medical Research Institute, Accra: medical researchers working on yellow fever. Photograph, 1928.

Accra, Ghana: African people waiting to be inoculated on the porch and steps of a (hospital?) building. Photograph, 1910/1920.

Above, English and Dutch Forts in Accra; below, animals, including lizards, scorpions and worms. Etching by J. Basire after Smith.

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Medical Research Institute, Accra: medical researchers working on yellow fever. Photograph, 1928.

Accra, Ghana: African people waiting to be inoculated on the porch and steps of a (hospital?) building. Photograph, 1910/1920.

Medical Research Institute, Accra: disinfection with a spray from a tank. Photograph, 1928.

Above, English and Dutch Forts in Accra; below, animals, including lizards, scorpions and worms. Etching by J. Basire after Smith.