The dead from a Roman Catholic compound being cremated, 1911
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This photograph shows the cremation of bodies of plague victims collected from the hospital run by the Roman Catholics in China. In all 250 bodies were collected from the hospital in 1911. This is a mass cremation carried out in the outdoors. Title devised by Library staff.
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All rights reserved. Wu Lien-teh, 1911
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