Copy of a black and white photograph showing the dispensary at the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. A female missionary, Miss Godfrey, stands outside the mud and thatch building, with a group of Nigerian men, women and children. The caption reads: "Herald, Oct 22. Miss Godfrey with a patient at Ama Achara dispensary." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital from 1921 to 1944.
Godfrey, Emily (1884-1978) Hospitals Dispensaries Drugs Women missionaries Missionaries, medical Missionary work Nursing Paramedical personnel Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Group portraits
Time Period
1916/1926
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
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