“Malades du sommeil au lazaret Alma Mater de Luluabourg (Scheut). Slaapzieden in ‘t ziekenhuis Alma Mater te Luluaburg (Scheut)”. Many patients suffering from sleeping sickness sit outside the mission quarantine building. Some appear very undernourished. A missionary sister stands to the side. “Propriété de Scheut ̶ Eigendom van Scheut.” is printed on the back of the postcard. There is no handwriting on the back.
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