cover image: Fischer M.D. treats a student, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1929

Fischer M.D. treats a student, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1929

1929

"Isoko. Operation durch Dr. Fischer. Im Hintergrund Schwester Schärf. (1929?)." ("Isoko. Operation by Fischer, M.D. In the background Sister Schärf. (1929?)"). Dr. Fischer deals with an arm of a seated male patient. Sister Else Schärf assists holding the arm. One copy retouched. -- Else Schärf (born 1892, year of death unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3575
Dates
1929
Format
Negative no. 8665 Photographs
Pages
2 copies, color slide no. 6646 photographic prints, 11.1 x 7.3 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Rungwe Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m3575 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06646
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/ Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e573140c61f7e5d2e70f827daa895250

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