12-7
Avoid cutting off arms and legs. Try to draw enough of the body to be sure people
can recognize what is shown.
LESS APPROPRIATE
MORE APPROPRIATE
The woman is losing blood
through the vagina.
WHO
Here we must read the caption to
find out what is happening. We
cannot tell from the picture.
3. When using pictures to teach
skills, include landmarks people will
recognize. Compare these illustrations
of breech birth:
When possible, show outside
anatomy (what people actually see
and are familiar with) . . .
Here we do not need to be told. We
see what is happening.
MORE
APPROPRIATE
rather than inside anatomy (what
people do not usually see and may not
recognize).
LESS
APPROPRIATE
From Manual Practico Para Parteras, by Esther
Gaily, Editorial Pax, Mexico, 1977.
Combining real people (or photos)
with drawings:
Another effective method is to
combine drawings with real persons
or things in the same presentation.
The picture you see here was made
by holding a real baby in front of
a drawing showing the inside of a
mother’s body. The same method,
using a drawing of the mother’s whole
body, is shown on p. 22-9.