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[Snapshot of bullpower.jpg] Pictures of a newspaper item about bullock-cart racing While in the Ooty area, we stayed at a guesthouse in Elk Hills Estates, located near Coonoor and Wellington.
[Snapshot of chapel.jpg] The chapel at CMC campus
[Snapshot of coimb-guide.jpg] A Coimbatore guide-map from a travel book
[Snapshot of dinner1.jpg] From 12 Nov dinner at the Matthew's
[Snapshot of dinner2.jpg] From 12 Nov dinner at the Matthew's
[Snapshot of fortmoat.jpg] Vellore Fort's moat
[Snapshot of fortwall.jpg] Vellore Fort's wall
[Snapshot of hopper.jpg] A 3-inch-long grasshopper on the wall by our door
[Snapshot of lightframe.jpg] Homemade illuminator for Ethicon mirrored endotrainer I purchased parts at local "electricals" shops and made several lamps like this to illuminate the mirrored endotrainers and two of the endotrainers with cameras.
[Snapshot of motorcyclelot.jpg] One of CMCH's parking lots. The daily charge for parking in this lot is 1 to 2 rupies -- 1 R for a bicycle, 1 R 50 paise for a scooter, 2 R for a motorcycle. (100 paise = 1 R = about 2.2 cents)
[Snapshot of party1.jpg] Surgery III Christmas Party Singing a hymn in (perhaps) Bengali
[Snapshot of party2.jpg] Surgery III Christmas Party Singing a hymn in (perhaps) Mayalayalam
[Snapshot of party3.jpg] Surgery III Christmas Party Gail presents a gift to Sudarshan
[Snapshot of singers.jpg] Christmas Concert Singers at the Christmas Concert in Ida Scudder auditorium on the CMC campus. Front left, Joe and Danae Fleming at projector; back right corner, Graham Nichols; near center of back row (straight back from a microphone) Peter Witchalls; et al.
[Snapshot of tabla.jpg] Surgery III Christmas Party A maintenance person who plays tabla quite well I have a 20-second AVI clip of this and eventually will upload it.
[Snapshot of vellore-area.jpg] Map of Vellore District Overview map of towns and roads around Vellore
[Snapshot of vellore-guide.jpg] Map of Vellore town A guide-book map of Vellore
[Snapshot of vellore-old.jpg] Map of Vellore area From the inside covers of "Take these hands"
[Snapshot of vellore-town.jpg] Map of Vellore town As photographed on the wall at LCECU
[Snapshot of velloretemple.jpg] Temple at the Fort A temple inside the Fort at Vellore
[Snapshot of ywca-1368.jpg] t1368 Dining room of YWCA in Chennai, where we stayed briefly on 3 November.
[Snapshot of shop-chennai-1373.jpg] t1373 A small machine shop in Chennai
[Snapshot of shop-chennai-1376.jpg] t1376 Ajit Electronics in Chennai's electronics-shops district
[Snapshot of shop-chennai-1378.jpg] t1378 A long case being transported in Chennai's electronics-shops district
[Snapshot of driver-1413.jpg] t1413 My rickshaw driver writing his contact info in my notebook
[Snapshot of geyser-1438.jpg] t1438 The "geyser" (hot water heater) in our shower at Johnson House on CMC campus, Vellore
[Snapshot of geyser-1493.jpg] t1493 The geyser in our shower in Big Bungalow Annexe on CMC campus, Vellore; more primitive and less elegant than at Johnson House
[Snapshot of pando-1444.jpg] t1444 Workers in the Prosthetics and Orthotics shop, CMCH
[Snapshot of fort-1460.jpg] t1460 St. John's Church, The Fort, Vellore
[Snapshot of barber-1464.jpg] t1464 Barber working on next customer after me
[Snapshot of barber-1465.jpg] t1465 Entrance to barber shop (center)
[Snapshot of cmch-1472.jpg] t1472 Siemens 15MeV accelerator unloading at CMCH
[Snapshot of bigb-1474.jpg] t1474 Big Bungalow, CMC campus, Vellore
[Snapshot of rain-1481.jpg] t1481 In the radiodiagnosis department at CMCH on a rainy day.
[Snapshot of diwali-1488.jpg] t1488 Depwali (Festival of Lights) decoration
[Snapshot of collegehill-1777.jpg] t1777 View of east side of College Hill, CMC campus, Vellore
[Snapshot of college-1794.jpg] t1794 Buildings of Christian Medical College (across foreground). Looking west from College Hill.
[Snapshot of college-1795.jpg] t1795 Ida Scudder Auditorium. Looking southwest from College Hill.
[Snapshot of toadhill-1798.jpg] t1798 Toad Hill. Looking southwest from College Hill.
[Snapshot of collegehill-1799.jpg] t1799 Looking west from College Hill.
[Snapshot of collegehill-1801.jpg] t1801 Looking east from College Hill.
[Snapshot of collegehill-1809.jpg] t1809 Looking north from hill about 1km north of College Hill. Hospital could be seen in middle distance.
[Snapshot of prison-1825.jpg] t1825 Women's prison, seen from north hill, looking east.
[Snapshot of collegehill-1828.jpg] t1828 Lake, looking north from north hill
[Snapshot of collegehill-1829.jpg] t1829 Looking north from north hill; closer view of rice paddies and coconut palms
[Snapshot of pims-1830.jpg] t1830 An atrium at PIMS, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science
[Snapshot of pims-1835.jpg] t1835 Anatomy classroom at PIMS
[Snapshot of pims-1837.jpg] t1837 Round building at PIMS
[Snapshot of pims-1840.jpg] t1840 In a surgery recovery room, PIMS
[Snapshot of auroville-1846.jpg] t1846 Picture of construction picture, Auroville (near Pondicherry)
[Snapshot of auroville-1847.jpg] t1847 Picture of dedication ceremony in Auroville (near Pondicherry)
[Snapshot of annamalai-1848.jpg] t1848 Lobby of Annamalai Hotel, where we stayed in Pondicherry
[Snapshot of annamalai-1849.jpg] t1849 Another Annamalai lobby picture: elevators
[Snapshot of annamalai-1856.jpg] t1856 Another Annamalai lobby picture: looking down at staircases
[Snapshot of bicycle-1859.jpg] t1859 Bicycle loaded with palm leaves
[Snapshot of bullock-1868.jpg] t1868 Bullock cart loaded with sand
[Snapshot of annamalai-1883.jpg] t1883 Carved elephant in Annamalai lobby
[Snapshot of dupliexe-1888.jpg] t1888 At Le Dupliexe Restuarant, Pondicherry
[Snapshot of loading-1908.jpg] t1908 Stevedores at a safflower-oil loading dock
[Snapshot of bullock-1909.jpg] t1909 Bullocks, carts, drivers at north end of Long Bazaar in Vellore
[Snapshot of bullock-1911.jpg] t1911 ditto
[Snapshot of bullock-1912.jpg] t1912 ditto
[Snapshot of bullock-1913.jpg] t1913 ditto
[Snapshot of bullock-1914.jpg] t1914 ditto
[Snapshot of bullock-1916.jpg] t1916 ditto
[Snapshot of bullock-1919.jpg] t1919 ditto
[Snapshot of img_1933.jpg] t1933 Main out-gate of CMCH, on Katpadi Street in Vellore
[Snapshot of img_1936.jpg] t1936 ditto
[Snapshot of img_1938.jpg] t1938 ditto
[Snapshot of img_1939.jpg] t1939 ditto
[Snapshot of arni-proc-2116.jpg] Religious procession on Arni. A religious procession headed north on Arni Road, next to Schell Eye Hospital
[Snapshot of arni-proc-2117.jpg] Religious procession on Arni. Another view of procession. Note the many optical shops in background; competitors with Schell.
[Snapshot of dn-house-2143.jpg] House construction near annexe This building is funded by Danish sources, for Ethiopian nursing students attending CMC.
[Snapshot of dn-mixer-2144.jpg] House construction near annexe A concrete mixer that was used for much of the concrete in the structure.
[Snapshot of dn-site-2145.jpg] House construction near annexe Another view of the construction site. This looks like a typical jobsite around Vellore -- there are piles of rock, to be carried in bags or baskets to whereever needed on the site; piles of coarsely mixed sand, to be screened by hand before use in concrete; a pile of bricks; a small building to one side, put together before the main construction; and of course bamboo scaffolding.
[Snapshot of lcecu-bricks-2110.jpg] Low-cost effective-care unit -- A display of some of the original Scudder clinic foundation stones.
[Snapshot of lcecu-portal-2119.jpg] Low-cost effective-care unit -- Side entrance
[Snapshot of village-2146.jpg] Sidewalk design -- Overview of design chalked on a sidewalk in the village north and west of CMC
[Snapshot of village-2147.jpg] Sidewalk design -- A closer look at the centerpiece of design
[Snapshot of village-2148.jpg] A longer view of the sidewalk
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