cover image: Girl patient after high temperature, Nigeria, ca. 1936

Girl patient after high temperature, Nigeria, ca. 1936

Black and white photograph showing a former patient of the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She wears a patterned dress and a head-scarf and stands in the hospital grounds. The caption next to this image reads: "Girl who had temperature 107°." 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-c123-77892
Date published
1931/1941
Dates
1931/1941
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-CSCNWW20-1-4-89.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/5fb880341ccae50d8d4ed43564e5dd25

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