- ... plastic phantoms filled with sodium chloride solution are used for measuring radioactivity1
- ... state-run health facilities of Kromeriz: the surgical department has seven doctors and 120 beds1
- ... studying blood circulation in the new-born1
- ... the health visitor is pointing out the danger of drying a nappy before the fire1
- ... the injection of a contrast medium (usually iodine compound) via a flexible tube1
- ... villagers of Djipologo, Upper Volta, who have lost their sight due to onchocerciasis1
- 40 years against malaria: Dr. E. Pampana, first Director of Malaria Eradication in WHO, in his laboratory in Florence, Italy1
- 40,000 people are killed by snakebite every year according to conservative estimates1
- A "barefoot doctor" from the Hong Shi production brigade, in northern China checks on the health of a mother and her chil in their home. When there is a choice between ancient herbal remedies and "Western" ones, many patients prefer traditional medicine1
- 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- fields1
- A Chinese "barefoot doctor" uses her needles to treat a production brigade worker1
- A Malaysian bomoh prepares a herbal offering to ward off evil spirits1
- A Nigerian boy with Burkitt's lymphoma of the mandible1
- A basis of practical knowledge underlies the spiritual healer's rulings on when to eat certain fruits or when they are forbidde, Taboo1
- A cancer patient receives cobalt therapy at the Tirana Cancer Institute1
- A centuries-old drawing in a Shanghai museum1
- A child at play. However, the game this little turkish girl is playing with is specially made for blind children who have to substitute the sense of touch for that of sight1
- A collection of centuries-old needles, on display at Shanghai's Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine1
- A disturbed man reverting to childhood1
- A frightened farmer carries his wife, stricken down with tetanus, to the People's Health Centre in Savar- a boldly pioneering complex that is bringing health care to the rural poor of Bangladesh1