M0001904: Reproduction of a photograph of Kenyan medicine men in ceremonial dress and an illustration of "The worm in Saxon medicine"

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Sixty centuries of health and physick.

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

22 May 1931

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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

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.

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