“Haut-Congo. Les malades du sommeil à Mpala. Opper-Congo. Slaapzieken te Mpala.” A missionary sister doctor or nurse tends to a group of patients suffering from sleeping sickness. The patients lie or sit on mats outside at the mission. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “Postulats des Sœurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d’Afrique, (Sœurs Blanches), Hérent (Br) – Thielt (Fl. Oc). Postulaten der Zusters Missionarissen van O. L.V. , van Afrika . (Witte Zusters) Herent (Br.) – Thielt (W. Vl.). Ern. Thill, Bruxelles.” There is no handwriting on the back.
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