M0005853: Aboriginal Australian doctor treating a patient

Date:
21 October 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/48/59
Part of:
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Doctor from one of the Australian tribes

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of an Aboriginal Australian doctor. It comes from an unknown publication, the same one as image M0005851 showing a Chaco doctor from Argentina treating a patient in a similar manner. Related images: M0005851, M0005852.

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.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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