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SWEET AND PENSIVE |
AFRICAN INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN |
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| Grace of pose and charm of form and feature distinguish this Arab maid, whose gala attire has been chosen with characteristic good taste. She is holding a palm branch, an emblem of long life | Cupping, wet and dry, as a therapeutic measure, has been in universal use from time immemorial. It is attended with no small discomfort, and this photograph well illustrates the African's indifference to pain, the patient sitting in placid meditation while his medicine man, who has already adjusted one cup between the shoulder blades, applies a second cup over the lumbar region |