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A "barefoot" doctor listens to the heartbeat of the unborn child. These useful community health workers used once to be literally barfoot, when they brought their healing skills to wokers int he rice paddy- fields

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Henrioud, D., photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Stethoscopes
Obstetrics
World Health Organization
Abstract:
A woman doctor is using a fetoscope to listen to the fetal heart beat. Verso: WHO/18307. WPRO. Traditional Medicine. China. SM 12.1979.
Copyright:
WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
Copyright Holder:
World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20150925
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101437065 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013686
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437065