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Jun 17, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Basel Mission (1/4)

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)
#KeralaHistory Stokes and Cathy seated on a chair, Stokes sitting cross-leg 2/4
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) Cathy, seated, holidng a baby. A local woman stands over her