A tantric healer treating a young child suffering from fits, Kaza, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Urgyen Dhargye, a nagpa (tantric practitioner), widely respected as a healer and exorcist, is treating a young child who is suffering from fits. He is blowing a mantra over the face of the child. Spiti has high infant mortality rates and tuberculosis is widespread. Villagers consult nagpas, ora...
Bombay. Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital for Incurables. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Saché 389' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the gothic-style building, with a group of figures, presumably patients, posed in the foreground. Letterpress caption label pasted below print.