District Medical work, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

"District Medical work, Domasi. (Miss Muir)". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". View of a group of women and children sitting on the ground outside the medical centre which is built from wood and thatch. Miss Muir stands, behind the patients, in overalls and pith helmet and next to her a table is set with medical supplies. A man who appears to be an assistant stands at the other side of the table wearing an arm band. Miss Muir's transportation, known as a 'bush car', is a litter with a single wheel and leans against the building wall. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.