Gynecological operation in progress at Lagos General Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

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Object Details

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Citation

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

Original title reads, "Operation performed at Lagos General Hospital. The surgeon is Dr. Adeiloyejo Majekodunmi, 42, senior gynecological consultant for Lagos General Hospital. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1941. Dr. Majekodunmi is transplanting a woman's patient because of a childbirth injury. Some of the nurses are student nurses. Opposite the surgeon is Dr. Abimbola Awoliyi, who graduated in 1946 from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and was the first woman doctor from Nigeria. The anaesthetist is Dr. Mohamed Aziz, from India." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref3756

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f692f57c-1cb5-4728-876c-1e1513d3e5b7

Local Numbers

P 2 NIG 18.0 EE 59

General

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

58482 1 29

Frame value is 2.

Slide No. P 2 NIG 18.0 EE 59

Place

Africa

Nigeria

Topic

Medicine

Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1959

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 12875

Type

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Color slides

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

EEPA.1973-001_ref3756

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EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871015779-1

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