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- 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 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
- A woman "paramedic" tests the tetanus case for serum hypersensitivity before starting the emergency treatment that will save her life1
- Dr. P.N. Shreshta1
- Tetanus in the new-born child. Immunizing pregant women, proper care at birth, and clean handling of the umbilical cord can prevent such cases1
- The silver screen flickers in the Indian night. Television can convey a particularly vivid health message, but most developing countries sets are rare outside the large towns1
- Trained Ayurvedic practitioners treating a girl with rheumatoid arthritis. Medical ethics today has ceased to be a matter for physicians alone,but is rather the concern of the whole community1
- [A wax bath for a young male leprosy patient]1
- [A young leprosy patient with bandaged fingers]1
- [Physical examination of a leprosy patient]1
- [The tell-tale signs of leprosy]1