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September 1959: A Laotian woman has a tooth extracted by a Phillipino doctor. Forty four Phillipino doctors are working voluntarily in areas of Laos where fighting is taking place between government forces and communist guerillas, in a mission titled 'Operation Brotherhood'. The patient is wearing silver necklaces bought with the proceeds from opium growing. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

September 1959:  A Laotian woman has a tooth extracted by a Phillipino doctor. Forty four Phillipino doctors are working voluntarily in areas of Laos where fighting is taking place between government forces and communist guerillas, in a mission titled 'Operation Brotherhood'. The patient is wearing silver necklaces bought with the proceeds from opium growing.  (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)