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Wood masseur operating on another's head.
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M0005877: A healer brushing out the evil spirits of illness from a patient
Date: 03 November 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/48/83
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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World War Two: a man has his tooth extracted in a hospital camp hut, surrounded by others suffering various ailments. Coloured pen and ink drawing by L. Rawlings, 1946.
Rawlings, Leo, -1990.Date: 1946Reference: 24136i
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M0000040: Two lip plugs used for artificial deformation the lips
Date: 03 June 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/2/39
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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M0005248: Man wearing skull of deceased relative, Andaman Islands
Date: 17 November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/42/79
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Medical, philosophical, and vulgar errors, of various kinds, considered and refuted / by John Jones, M.B.
Jones, John, 1726?-Date: 1797
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A South African medicine man or shaman. Colour process print after a photograph by G.W. Wilson.
Wilson, G. W.Reference: 21404i
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M0005980: Nupe diviner, north Nigeria
Date: 02 January 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/49/81
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Health care and development of medicinal plants / editors, Sunil Puri, Ajeet J. Williams.
Date: [1999], ©1999
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M0005270: Traditional healer preparing medicine, Kxatla, South Africa / M0005270EB: Traditional healer divining the cause of a patients illness, Transvaal, South Africa
Date: November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/1
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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M0004174: The Count of Chinchón receiving Cinchona root
Date: 5 February 1935Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/34/20
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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M0005733: Traditional healer laying an item on an animal skin, South Africa
Date: 23 September 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/47/44
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Nāṭṭuppuṟattu ṭākṭar / āciriyar Ārtar Ī. Heṭslar ; Ā. Aruḷ Taṅkaiyā Tamiḻppaṭuttiyatu.
Hertzler, Arthur E. (Arthur Emanuel), 1870-1946.Date: 1938
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M0005705: fever and smallpox remedy in an Ekoi village, Nigeria / M0005705EB: fever remedy in an Ekoi village, Nigeria
Date: 23 September 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/47/15
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Practical medical & commercial recipes / by J.T. Butterworth, A.P.S., A.S.A. ; qualified chemist and druggist (by examination) London, qualified dispenser to the Society of Apothecaries (by examiniation) London.
Butterworth, J. T.Date: 1897
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A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.
Alldridge, T. J.Reference: 21403i
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An African medicine man operating on a man's hand. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 21375i
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M0002726: A woman from Bengamisa, possibly a traditional healer
Date: 04 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/23/2
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
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M0006007: St Declans Stone, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland
Date: 12 January 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/50/8
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A boy with deep scars on his forehead as a result of surgery, in an attempt to cure epilepsy and headaches, Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea). Halftone.
Reference: 21405i
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M0002729: Two African men, possibly practioners of traditional medicine, standing in front of a group of people
Date: 04 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/23/5
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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M0012318: Section I on Medicine Men in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946
Date: February 1952Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/110/6
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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M0012761: General view of the 'Medicine of the Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth' exhibition
Date: December 1952
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M0009592: Bangongo traditional healer who discovers suitable treatments by divination, the Congo
Date: 04 September 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/84/51
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Halftone.
Reference: 21338i

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Wood masseur operating on another's head.

M0005877: A healer brushing out the evil spirits of illness from a patient

World War Two: a man has his tooth extracted in a hospital camp hut, surrounded by others suffering various ailments. Coloured pen and ink drawing by L. Rawlings, 1946.

M0000040: Two lip plugs used for artificial deformation the lips

M0005248: Man wearing skull of deceased relative, Andaman Islands

Medical, philosophical, and vulgar errors, of various kinds, considered and refuted / by John Jones, M.B.

A South African medicine man or shaman. Colour process print after a photograph by G.W. Wilson.

M0005980: Nupe diviner, north Nigeria

Health care and development of medicinal plants / editors, Sunil Puri, Ajeet J. Williams.

M0005270: Traditional healer preparing medicine, Kxatla, South Africa / M0005270EB: Traditional healer divining the cause of a patients illness, Transvaal, South Africa

M0004174: The Count of Chinchón receiving Cinchona root

M0005733: Traditional healer laying an item on an animal skin, South Africa

Nāṭṭuppuṟattu ṭākṭar / āciriyar Ārtar Ī. Heṭslar ; Ā. Aruḷ Taṅkaiyā Tamiḻppaṭuttiyatu.

M0005705: fever and smallpox remedy in an Ekoi village, Nigeria / M0005705EB: fever remedy in an Ekoi village, Nigeria

Practical medical & commercial recipes / by J.T. Butterworth, A.P.S., A.S.A. ; qualified chemist and druggist (by examination) London, qualified dispenser to the Society of Apothecaries (by examiniation) London.

A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.

An African medicine man operating on a man's hand. Coloured engraving.

M0002726: A woman from Bengamisa, possibly a traditional healer

M0006007: St Declans Stone, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland

A boy with deep scars on his forehead as a result of surgery, in an attempt to cure epilepsy and headaches, Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea). Halftone.

M0002729: Two African men, possibly practioners of traditional medicine, standing in front of a group of people

M0012318: Section I on Medicine Men in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946

M0012761: General view of the 'Medicine of the Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth' exhibition

M0009592: Bangongo traditional healer who discovers suitable treatments by divination, the Congo

An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Halftone.