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LicensePlaque in Arabic, marked, 'wa idha marith-tu fa huwa yashfeen'
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Plaque in Arabic, marked, 'wa idha marith-tu fa huwa yashfeen', associated with Unani Tibb medical practices, from the Mohsin Institute, Leicester, England, c2004-2005.
A sign reading 'If I get sick He will heal' in Arabic, as displayed in many Hakims' (Unani Tibb doctors) clinics. Its function is to remind the Hakims that their role is to help nature and God to restore patients to a healthy state of balance.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Object Number:
- 2005-685
- Materials:
- wood composites, paint and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall (lying flat): 10 mm x 280 mm x 177 mm, 0.416 kg
- type:
- plaque
- credit:
- Purchased
