cover image: Adeline & little liver abscess case, Nigeria, ca.1935

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Adeline & little liver abscess case, Nigeria, ca.1935

Black and white photograph showing a Nigerian nurse at the hospital in Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She stands with a girl patient, who is naked except for a necklace around her neck and a bandage around the middle of her body. The caption of this image reads: "Adeline & little liver abscess case." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77888
Date published
1930/1940
Dates
1930/1940
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-4-73.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/332801eb92e772e1079072d671d7632a

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