Dr. Bhombore Examines Child’s Eyes

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.753

Description: BW print; Indian man seated in armchair, wearing stethoscope around neck, pulls down the lower eyelid of an Indian boy standing in front of him; the boy is shirtless and wears striped shorts; other children sit along a wall watching the examination, their eyes wide; captioned "World Health Organization and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Assistance to India. Dr. Bhombore, second-in-command of the WHO-UNICEF malaria-control team, examines children at a school in the Malnad district, Mysore, India. Please credit UNATIONS".

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: ca. 1955

Photographer: United Nations

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Eye examinations Children India Asia