Leprosy on the hand of an Indian man: the palm and back of an infected hand. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.

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1921-1950
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Leprosy on the hand of an Indian man: the palm and back of an infected hand. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1921-1950

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 25.5 x 35.3 cm

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A localized patch of leprosy in the hand. Notice the thickening of the nerves. The disease spreads up the nerves from the skin. The picture of the front of the same hand shows the thickening of the nerve on the outer side. From Dr. E. Muir's original

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One of a series of paintings of the effects of leprosy based on paintings and photographs in the work of Ernest Muir, a doctor based in India. See Ernest Muir, Handbook on leprosy : its diagnosis, treatment and prevention, Cuttack : R.J. Grundy, 1921

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Wellcome Collection 567205i

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