Medical assistants

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Ecole d'assistants médicaux indigènes, installée à Kisantu (Bas-Congo), par la Fondation Médicale de l'Université de Louvain au Congo (Fomulac) ; Photo: G. DE BOE ; N° 34.23.31/6 ; Congopresse ; Reproduction libre avec ou sans mention d'origine.  Tous droits réservés pour l'édition de cartes postales, gravures, etc... ; 115.3.13 ; BC-13--Verso

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Ecole d'assistants médicaux indigènes, installée à Kisantu (Bas-Congo), par la Fondation Médicale de l'Université de Louvain au Congo (Formulac) 1941. ; Photo: G. DE BOE ; N° 34.23.31/2 ; Congopresse ; Reproduction libre avec ou sans mention d'origine.  Tous droits réservés pour l'édition de cartes postales, gravures, etc... ; 115.3.17 ; BC-17--Verso

Scope and Contents (1) ; D.W.4078.- ; This photograph taken at one of 55 local centres shows: Patients being tested for loss of feeling in the infected skin, a sign of leprosy.  The patients eyes are closed and the skin lightly stroked with cotton wool, the patient pointing to the place touched.  In this picture the leprous patch is being stroked without any reaction from the patient. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto...

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(2) ; D.W.4080.- ; This photograph taken at one of the 55 local centres shows: A healthy African Medical Assitant registering new cases. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE; P.O. Box 555 ; ACCRA GOLD COAST WEST AFRICA ; Photograph No. D.W. 4090 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 2 ; NI-34 -- Verso

Scope and Contents (4) ; D.W.4083.- ; This photograph taken at one of the 55 local centres shows: The back of a van has become a traveling laboratory, smears taken from the skin of patients are made on slides, registered and subsequently examined at the main settlement. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE; P.O. Box 555 ; ACCRA GOLD COAST WEST AFRICA...

Scope and Contents (6) ; D.W.4091.- ; This photograph taken at one of the 55 local centres shows: The beginning of treatment.  Patients produce their temperature charts for the recording by the visiting Leprosy Inspector who orders their dose and records it.  The volunteer policemen are themselves patients. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.[b]--[/b]Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE;...

Scope and Contents (7) ; D.W.4092.- ; This photograph taken at one of the 55 local centres shows: Writing a prescribed dose on a patients body with chalk.  This method avoids errors and does away with the need of many pieces of paper. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE; P.O. Box 555 ; ACCRA GOLD COAST WEST AFRICA ; Photograph No. D.W. 4092 ; CROWN...

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(8) ; D.W.4093.- ; This photograph taken at one of the 55 local centres shows: A patient receiving medicine to reduce his temperature. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE; P.O. Box 555 ; ACCRA GOLD COAST WEST AFRICA ; Photograph No. D.W. 4093 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED.; 8 ; NI-40 --Verso

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(15) ; D.W.4107.- ; Clinical records being corrected.  This is done every month and ensures the records being kept up to date. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE; P.O. Box 555 ; ACCRA GOLD COAST WEST AFRICA ; Photograph No. D.W. 4107 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 15 ; NI-47--Verso

Scope and Contents (17) ; D.W.4110.- ; Blood sedimentation tests being made.  All patients admitted to the Uzuakoli Settlement undergo exhaustive laboratory tests, so that appropriate treatment can be applied. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE  REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE; P.O. Box 555 ; ACCRA GOLD COAST WEST AFRICA ; Photograph No. D.W. 4110 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 18 ;...

Scope and Contents (23) ; D.W.4123.- ; The infected skin on a patient's back being infiltrated with Hydnocarpus oil.  Note the regulation dress worn by the patient and the specially designed bench on which he stands.  The bench gives maximum comfort and facilitates injection to any part of the body. ; The African nurse is standing by with sterile cotton wool pledgets to be applied after injection. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST...