A pigmy elephant with crooked legs having a plaster cast applied by the zoo superintendent, Dr. Vevers, prior to corrective treatment. Photograph, ca. 1925.

1925

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 15.1 x 20.3 cm

Knock-hocked elephant - Dr. Vevers, the zoo superintendent, taking a plaster cast of the front legs of the pigmy elephant, Oojah, which is to be fitted with splints as a corrective to his knock-hocks; source: Daily Express, 11th November, 1925 Lettering in printed stamp on verso states that photograph is copyright General Photographic Agency, London

Wellcome Collection 578400i