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Title
Surgical instruments class, Chogoria, Kenya, 1947
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“Senior nurse [Iryphosa?] taking class on instruments in the theatre.” Group portrait of medical staff standing behind a table upon which are set out surgical instruments. Two days a week were set aside for Operations. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 15.8 x 10.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97123302-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82287
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97123302-1.jpg
Subject
Health care
Medical personnel
Surgery
Time Period
1947
Place
Africa
Chogoria
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/8 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97123300 [File]
Relation
Chogoria 1930-1947
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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