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Title
Clinical picture of a partial gigantism of the right leg, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929
Creator
Fischer, Dr. Walter Otto
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Partieller Riesenwuchs. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Partial gigantism. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background a crowd of Africans. View of an African's legs: his right leg and foot are enlarged, the left foot is deformed and ca. two toes are missing.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8790 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08765
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8790
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08765.jpg
Subject
Diseases
Partial views
Time Period
1929
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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