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Chaulmugra oil

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEPROSY SERVICE IN NIGERIA

 Item — Photograph 17: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 17
Scope and Contents (18) ; D.W.4111.- ; An assitant testing the temperature of Hydnooarpus oil during sterilising in the main dispensary at Uzuakoli.  Sterilised oil is issued in the jars seen on the bench.  Approximately 4 tons is used annually obtained from the fruits of an Indian tree.  A considerable number of trees are now growing at Uzuakoli and it is hoped that eventually the settlement will produce locally the Hydnocarpus oil it needs. ; ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE, REGIONAL...
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, 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