Arab traditional medicine practitioner performing bloodletting, North Africa, 1943
Gift of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, from the Collections of The National World War II Museum
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Photograph. Arab traditional medicine practitioner performing bloodletting or cupping on a street or in a market in North Africa. Printed caption on photo front: "Arab blood-letter."North Africa. 1943
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1943
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This collection consists of 85 photographs and one postcard donated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. These are Signal Corps photos that detail war-related activities in North Africa, Europe, and the liberation of Dachau.
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North Africa
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Phlebotomy
Street vendors
Medical procedures & techniques