Itinerant Sikh nakim (or native doctor/dentist) seated in his tent surrounded by small receptacles containing his secret drugs and potions
Title
Itinerant Sikh nakim (or native doctor/dentist) seated in his tent surrounded by small receptacles containing his secret drugs and potions
Subject
Dentistry--India
Sikhs
Eighth District Dental Society of the State of New York--Photograph collections
Description
Small receptacles containing secret drugs and special potions blanket the interior of an itinerant Sikh nakim's (or native doctor/dentist) tent in India (from the Eighth District Dental Society's Collection on international dentistry)
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
1952-08
Contributor
Eighth District Dental Society of New York State
Rights
Contact the History of Medicine Collection, http://library.buffalo.edu/historyofmedicine/
Format
Image/jpeg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
LIB-HSL007_EDDSIndiaDentistryItinerantNakim6_001
Date Created
2017-07-15
Is Part Of
Eighth District Dental Society and the origins of the UB School of Dental Medicine
LIB-HSL007
Original Format
Photographs
Tags
Citation
“Itinerant Sikh nakim (or native doctor/dentist) seated in his tent surrounded by small receptacles containing his secret drugs and potions,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed May 12, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/90414.