Dr William Stokes took charge of the Basel Mission Hospital in Calicut in 1895 until 1926. Käthe Fritz worked as a deaconess and nurse at the hospital between 1900 and 1915. Both pictured here with others outside the hospital (📷BM Archives)
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![Stokes and Cathy seated on a chair, Stokes sitting cross-leg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EavGLRSXsAE4BGM.jpg)
In an 1898 report, Stokes also writes about his visits to upper-caste Nair and Nambudiri homes; he notes it was rare for them to come to the hospital, because "the majority would rather die than lose caste by coming into Hospital”
(📷Hospital, c1895-99; BM Archives) #Malabar
![View of Mission Hospital in 1895-99. Stookes can be seen sta](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EavGkGmX0AI53oE.jpg)
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![A room with a table in the centre upon which a patient (loca](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EavFBR-WAAI7kX-.jpg)