Necklace to protect from sore throats, London, England, 1914 Wellcome L0058293

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Summary[edit] Necklace to protect from sore throats, London, England, 1914. Title: Necklace to protect from sore throats, London, England, 1914. Description: Amulets and charms worn or carried to prevent and cure illnesses are found in virtually every culture throughout the world. This necklace, which was supposed to protect the wearer from ‘sore throats’, was bought in Acton, London, in the early years of the twentieth century. It may well have been brought for a child and the reference to ‘sore throats’ may refer to diphtheria which was then a highly dangerous and greatly feared disease of childhood. The use of such amulets was often strongest in poorer communities, whose access to more conventional healthcare could be limited and whose ancestral links to folk medicine were stronger. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Acton, Ealing, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Medical Photographic Library Keywords: amulet; necklace; Diphtheria. Credit line: : This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.. References: Library reference: Science Museum A630902 Photo number: L0058293. Source/Photographer: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/64/b0/73da94d2dc0aa77d71dbdfc0b504.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0058293.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-31): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/u5hytdt6 CC-BY-4.0. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue.