Severely diseased tissue on the buttocks of a dead woman, showing symptoms of creeping or serpiginous phagedena. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, ca. 1857.

  • D'Alton, Christopher, active 1847-1871.
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[1857?]
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575449i
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Severely diseased tissue on the buttocks of a dead woman, showing symptoms of creeping or serpiginous phagedena. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, ca. 1857. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[1857?]

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1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; sheet 46.9 x 35.6 cm

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Christopher D'Alton fecit ; Portfolio No. 5 ; No. 9 when on the dead house table ; Dead house, Mary Cobden ; Creeping or serpiginous phagedena ; No. 78 Bears number: 10 Lettering in pencil and pen on verso reads: Mary Cobden ; April 21st ; Royal Free Hospital

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One of a large collection of drawings by Christopher D'Alton of patients at the Royal Free Hospital, Grays Inn Road, London
See also record 575447i for image showing the same patient during earlier stages of the disease

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Wellcome Collection 575449i

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