"In der Pause schreiben die Heilgehilfen an ihre Frauen." ("The health assistants are writing [letters] to their wives during a break."). Two African health assistants sitting on a mat are writing. In the background: a table full of phials and medical objects. Elise Schärf (1892-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
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2 copies photographic prints, 8.7 x 6 cm. photographs
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