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Leprosy--Patients--Nigeria

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 1: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 1
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...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 2: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 2
Scope and Contents

(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

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 3: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 3
Scope and Contents (3) ; D.W.4082.- ; This photograph taken at one of the local centres shows: A senior laboratory attendant examining the skin of patients to ascertain how numerous the lepra bacilli are in each case. ; 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. 4082 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 16: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 16
Scope and Contents (16) ; D.W.4108.- ; The segregation officer investigating the welfare of patients in a leper village.  Segregation of infectious patients is the vital step in leprosy control.  This must be accepted voluntarily by the patients, and everything possible is done to make their lives happy.  On the case sheets on the tables are recorded particulars of the social and family life and problem of the patients. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 18: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 18
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 ;...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 19: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 19
Scope and Contents

(19) ; D.W.4112.- ; A corner of one of the wards in the hospital at Uzuakoli. ; 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. 4112 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 19 ; NI-51 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 21: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 21
Scope and Contents

(21) ; D.W.4117.- ; An operation in progress at the Uzuakoli hospital.  Surgical treatment is often necessary for ulcerated feet caused by leprosy. ; 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. 4117 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 21 ; NI-53 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 22: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 22
Scope and Contents

(55) ; D.W.4118.- ; An operation in progress at the Uzuakoli hospital.  Surgical treatment is often necessary for ulcerated feet caused by leprosy. ; 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. 4118 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 22 ; NI-54 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 23: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 23
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...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 24: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 24
Scope and Contents (24) ; D.W.4125.- ; This patient has received injections in the skin of his back and deeply into the buttock.  Cotton wool pledgets have been applied to dissuade the patient from touching the affected area. ; 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. 4125 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 25: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 25
Scope and Contents

(25) ; D.W.4126.- ; The asceptic hospital block at Uzuakoli. ; 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. 4126 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 25 ; NI-57 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 26: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 26
Scope and Contents (26) ; D.W.4130.- ; The infant's department of the settlement school.  Both children and teacher suffer from leprosy.  There are 300 children in the Settlement many of them supported by people in England. ; 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. 4130 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 28: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 28
Scope and Contents (28) ; D.W.4132.- ; The legal side of Settlement life.  The patients elect their own chiefs who form a bench and try all cases of misdemeanour.  Serious matters are referred to the Appeal Court, presided over by a European, and here you see this functioning.  The prisoner stands between policemen(patients), the chiefs sit at the side.  The healthy interpreter and clerks stand in the non-leper enclosire.  It is interesting to note the bench includes women. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 29: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 29
Scope and Contents (29) ; D.W.4133.- ; A doctor lecturing to nurses.  All the nurses in the organisation are themselves patients, and have their treatment while carrying out their nursing duties.  There are nearly 200 of them, many having been educated in the Settlement school.  The girls like the work and there is always great competition when vacancies occur. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto ; WEST AFRICAN...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 30: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 30
Scope and Contents

(30) ; D.W.4139.- ; A seriously deformed patient remains cheerful in spite of his disease and is seen enjoying a pipe. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE, ACCRA, GOLD COAST, BRITISH WEST AFRICA.--Recto

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 31: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 31
Scope and Contents (31) ; D.W.4141.- ; A new laboratory block under construction.  The concrete blocks are made by patients and an ex-patient is responisible for building.  He learned his trade while a patient at Uzuakoli. ; 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. 4141 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA, 1947-03-20

 Item — Photograph 32: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 32
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Vernon McKay Papers document McKay's career as a scholar, teacher, administrator, and employee of the United States Department of State. Fundamentally a research file, the collection mainly consists of printed materials, government documents, seminar papers, research data, reports, broadsides, and newsclippings collected by McKay. These materials, as well as some correspondence, are foldered together in three subseries: the Country File, the Topical File, and Personal...
Dates: 1947-03-20

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 6: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 6
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;...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 7: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 7
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...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 10: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 10
Scope and Contents

(10) ; D.W.4100.- ; A patient dances to the music provided by a band of youngsters at the Uzuakoli 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 ; Photograph No. D.W. 4100 ; CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. ; 10 ; NI-42 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977