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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.
Fairclough, T. Lindsay.Reference: 21348i
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The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: an exhibition on prehistoric medicine opened in 1951. Photograph.
Date: 1951Reference: 29371i
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Aṉupava vaittiya tēva rakaciyam / Śrīmat Takṣiṇāmūrtti Cuvāmikaḷatu toṇṭarākiya Je. Cīttārām Pirasāt avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappeṟṟatu ; Vaittiya Vitvaṉmaṇi Ci. Kaṇṇucāmippiḷḷai avarkaḷiṉ kumārarākiya Dr. K. Rātākiruṣṇaṉ avarkaḷāl tiruttiyum, viḷakkiyum, putuppikkappaṭṭatu.
Cīttārām Pirasāt, Je.Date: 1955
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Aṉupava vaittiya rattiṉam : nāṉkāvatu pākam Patārtta kuṇa pōtiṉi / nūlāciriyar Pikṣu.
Pikṣu.Date: 1936
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Har ek bīmārī kā ʻilāj : mardānah va zanānah / Ḵẖālid Jāvīd Shamsī.
Shamsī, Ḵẖālid Jāvīd.Date: 2003
Archives and manuscripts
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M0006009: St. Olan's well, Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland
Date: 12 January 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/50/10
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Texas folk medicine : 1,333 cures, remedies, preventives & health practices / Compiled and edited by John Q. Anderson. Woodcuts by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.
Anderson, John Q.Date: 1970
Archives and manuscripts
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M0001903EA: Reproduction of a sanitisation system at the ruins of Timgad, North Africa / M0001903EB: Reproduction of a photograph of a charm or amulet from Northern Queensland, Australia
Date: 22 May 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/17/92
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Steven Lihonama Lutumo : Leben und Arbeit eines traditionellen Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias ; ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin / Ruth Kutalek.
Kutalek, Ruth.Date: 2001
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A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.
Reference: 16472i
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And the silent spoke / Amy L. Greeson.
Greeson, Amy L.Date: 2019
Digital Images
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Lacquered wood, masseurs operating on shoulders and back.
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Mujarrabāt-i Ẕakāʼī / murattabah, Imāmuddīn Ẕakāʼī.
Date: 2003
Archives and manuscripts
M0002719: Methods for locating spirit of sickness in Ankole, Bantu
Date: 04 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/22/95
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Ephemera
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Otosporin drops : to soothe and clear the infected ear Otosporin drops.
Date: 1971
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Collaborative and indigenous mental health therapy : Tātaihono, stories of Māori healing and psychiatry / Wiremu NiaNia, Allister Bush, and David Epston.
NiaNia, WiremuDate: 2017
Archives and manuscripts
M0009580: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: traditional healer of the Idiong Secret Society surrounded by his equipment
Date: 30 August 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/84/39
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
Online
M0005324: Disease boat from the Nicabar Islands
Date: November 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/55
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
Online
M0003932: Illustrations of surgical instruments from West Africa, the Caroline Islands and Borneo
Date: May 1934Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/32/83
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Pictures
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A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.
Reference: 21322i
Books
Nam nāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ : mutal pākam / Tiṉamaṇi pukaḻ Mūlikaic Cakkaravartti Vēlūr maruttuvar Ā. Irā. Kaṇṇappar.
Kaṇṇappar, Ā. Irā.Date: 1977
Archives and manuscripts
M0010177: African traditional healer cupping a patient
Date: 19 August 1947Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/89/77
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
M0008994: Plaster model of a medicine man sucking out disease: side view
Date: 03 April 1944Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/78/96
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Eḷiya Tamiḻ maruntukaḷ / Vittiyārattiṉam T. S. Jāṉaki.
Jāṉaki, T. S.Date: 1963
Archives and manuscripts
M0000700: Sculpture of a seated traditional healer from Africa
Date: 01 January 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/7/14
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: an exhibition on prehistoric medicine opened in 1951. Photograph.

Aṉupava vaittiya rattiṉam : nāṉkāvatu pākam Patārtta kuṇa pōtiṉi / nūlāciriyar Pikṣu.

Har ek bīmārī kā ʻilāj : mardānah va zanānah / Ḵẖālid Jāvīd Shamsī.

M0006009: St. Olan's well, Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland

Texas folk medicine : 1,333 cures, remedies, preventives & health practices / Compiled and edited by John Q. Anderson. Woodcuts by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.

M0001903EA: Reproduction of a sanitisation system at the ruins of Timgad, North Africa / M0001903EB: Reproduction of a photograph of a charm or amulet from Northern Queensland, Australia

Steven Lihonama Lutumo : Leben und Arbeit eines traditionellen Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias ; ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin / Ruth Kutalek.

A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.

And the silent spoke / Amy L. Greeson.

Lacquered wood, masseurs operating on shoulders and back.

Mujarrabāt-i Ẕakāʼī / murattabah, Imāmuddīn Ẕakāʼī.

M0002719: Methods for locating spirit of sickness in Ankole, Bantu

Otosporin drops : to soothe and clear the infected ear Otosporin drops.

Collaborative and indigenous mental health therapy : Tātaihono, stories of Māori healing and psychiatry / Wiremu NiaNia, Allister Bush, and David Epston.

M0009580: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: traditional healer of the Idiong Secret Society surrounded by his equipment

M0005324: Disease boat from the Nicabar Islands

M0003932: Illustrations of surgical instruments from West Africa, the Caroline Islands and Borneo

A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.

Nam nāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ : mutal pākam / Tiṉamaṇi pukaḻ Mūlikaic Cakkaravartti Vēlūr maruttuvar Ā. Irā. Kaṇṇappar.

M0010177: African traditional healer cupping a patient

M0008994: Plaster model of a medicine man sucking out disease: side view

Eḷiya Tamiḻ maruntukaḷ / Vittiyārattiṉam T. S. Jāṉaki.

M0000700: Sculpture of a seated traditional healer from Africa