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An illustration of a British missionary nurse treating African patients, Malindi, Nyasaland (today Malawi), ca. 1911

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • Topic:

    Colonialism
  • Publisher:

    Universities' Mission to Central Africa, Westminster, England
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    Post Card. Copyright.
    [Stamp] 1/2 Postage Revenue 1/2 Half penny
    [Postmark] [Illegible] 2 PM No 3 11
    For Address Only.
    Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster.
    Malindi Dispensary (Nyasaland Diocese). An African cares a great deal for his family, but nothing for the sick stranger or one of another tribe. "Every Mission hospital is a standing witness of the fact that Christianity is a religion of love."
    [Handwriting] 3. Nov: 1911. Thank you very much for your good wishes. I can't think how you knew to remember the day. So sorry your eyes are bothersome. [Illegible] H. F. M. S.
    [Handwriting] Miss Jennings. 53. Osborne Villas. Hove.

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