SCHOOL SUCKS: Iranian School Boys Get Heads Shaved (1951)

SCHOOL SUCKS: Iranian School Boys Get Heads Shaved (1951)
by Darius Kadivar
10-Jul-2011
 

Bald Iranian boys, whose heads have been shaved to cure scalp infections, march in single file between buildings of the Work and Rehabilitation Center in Tehran. (1951)

Bread and the Alley directed by Abbas Kiarostami:

PHOTO CAPTION: (NY23 –JUNE 13) – PART OF FIGHT FOR MODERNITY – Bald Iranian boys, whose heads have been shaved to cure scalp infections, widespread in Iran, march in single file between buildings of the Work and Rehabilitation Center in Tehran.Cases are treated daily by a German doctor using X-Ray machines imported from the U.S. at the Shah’s medical center. (AP Wire photo from Life Magazine)(hrm423)(Life) 1951.

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Scalp Infection Therapy

by radius-of-the-persian-cat on Tue Jul 12, 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Dear Darius,

Thanks for posting this movie clip and the information. Kariostami of course is a great name in cinematography, clearly in the league together with S.Eisenstein, L. Bunuel, Fritz Lang and other pioneers.

 

Thanks also for the information about scalp infections in children and X-ray treatment. This was done in several mediterranean and ME countries after 2. WW and the fifties. The infection is a fungus called Tinea Capitis, erroneously called Ringworm. In Israel the long-term detrimental health effects of the X.ray therapy was intensively investigated and discussed in the public (books and even a movie). There was a slight, but detectable increase in the risk to develop thyroid and brain tumors. There were also a very clear negative effects reported related to some neurological and mental problems. Overview is here in Wikipedia.

For the proper scientific article search for the author Siegal Sadetzki in NCBI Medline.  Another big cohort of children was treated the same way in the 50s in Serbia. My research group is currently initiating a medical study on these patients (they are now in their 60s).

It would be interesting to include Iranians who were treated the same way in such a study. But in case you know any of those person who as kid were X-ray treated for scalp infection, please don't worry them. There is no 1:1 causality, in particular with cancer. Most of the people never reported any long term problems, but statistically there was a link. Does anybody know, how many kids were treated this way ? in Serbia were about 50 00, in Israel 20 000 (mainly sephardic immigrants from northern africa and arabic countries).  

Greetings radius 

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Esfand Aashena

Scalp infection? Good2 know I thought it was fashion/discipline!

by Esfand Aashena on Mon Jul 11, 2011 05:39 AM PDT

thanks for posting it.  Did not know that. 

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Mort Gilani

Beautiful Short Film

by Mort Gilani on Sun Jul 10, 2011 09:46 PM PDT

This is Kiarostami’s best work ever. Thanks for posting this clip.


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