Different Truths: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards »

Peter de Smet is a senior Dutch clinical pharmacologist, who works as research leader at the Scientific Institute Dutch Pharmacists (The Hague) and is a professor in the Quality of Pharmaceutical Care at the Academic Medical Centre of the Radboud University (Nijmegen).

All over the world, native peoples have been looking for ways to prevent and treat illness. This book illustrates such traditions through a selection of colonial postcards from the early 20th century. These cards are a rich source of visual information about native health and healing, which has been largely overlooked. The book accompanies an exhibition in the Tropenmuseum.