Antoiniste cult followers, Liège: a father and two daughters on their way to the Temple of the Antoinistes. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1920/1940 (?).

1920-1940

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 16.3 x 11.9 cm

Followers of the cult on their way to the Antoiniste Temple in Liège, Belgium. Father and daughters wearing the Sunday garb of the cult. The basis of the Antoiniste cures is that faith is the best medical help and that no doctor can do any good without it. Usually people who cannot be much helped by doctors frequent the Antoinistes: they come with stomach diseases, heart weaknesses, rehumatis, and similar maladies [...] Lettering giving information attached to photograph Photographer's printed stamp on verso

Wellcome Collection 577063i