Read on Twitter
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
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
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)
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)
3/n
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)
#Kozhikode #KeralaHistory
BM Archives)#Kozhikode #KeralaHistory
Our other Articles on #Malabar: http://ala.keralascholars.org/tag/malabar/
