This photo album records an expedition with patients and medical care provided by Dutch Indonesian doctors on a jungle expedition in the mid-1950s. The photographs depict the doctors providing aid and assistance to the indigenous people of the region, highlighting their dedication and expertise in their field. The album measures 36/26/2cm and is a valuable piece of history for collectors of medical and anthropological artefacts.
ALBUM contains 140 photographs from 6/6 cm 6/8 cm to 9/13 cm
subjects range from jungle travel to remote villages
patients with some serious ailments goitres leprosy other flesh eating type is disorders - obviously taken fo the purpse of recording the problems encountered .
Towards the end various photos of a clinic setting - looks like they have returned to base .
We do not know the names of the doctors but with diligent research I thik all this information wouldcome to light - I am sure they must have made a record of the expedition - someone must have sponsored it ..
An unique album suitable for a museum or institutional collection
faults the coer is clean all tightly bound - missing its glassine paper interleavin sheets as is common ,various pages have absent photos some photos are loose - probably due to the nature of the adhesive which is loosing its stick
Have illustrated as many photos as I can highly recommended for anyone with an interest in this field ,