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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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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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The hospital's medical activities continued alongside the missionary work. In one photograph (c.1900-02), Käthe poses with a Biblewoman--the ambassadors of the Mission in Malabar who visited local households to spread the word of the Bible to the womenfolk. (📷BM Archives)
The hospital's medical activities continued alongside the missionary work. In one photograph (c.1900-02), Käthe poses with a Biblewoman--the ambassadors of the Mission in Malabar who visited local households to spread the word of the Bible to the womenfolk. (📷BM Archives)
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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
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
The new Operation theatre and operation table, 1913. In the photograph, Dr Stokes and Käthe can be seen standing next to a patient on an operation table. Also seen are an assistant and a bystander. (📷BM Archives)
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