Leprosy: a red lesion on the face of an Indian man; an insert shows a detail of the same lesion. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson?), 1921/1950 (?), after Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.

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1921-1950
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567252i
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Leprosy: a red lesion on the face of an Indian man; an insert shows a detail of the same lesion. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson?), 1921/1950 (?), after 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 35.5 x 25.1 cm

Lettering

A patch of leprosy - the only one in the body. Under treatment a patient like this will heal up entirely within a few months. From Dr. E. Muir's original Lettering on labels attached to painting read: "Reacting leprous lesion (A1 type)" and "Same lesion at a greater height of reaction"

Notes

One of a series of paintings of the effects of leprosy based on paintings and photographs in the work of Ernest Muir, op. cit.

References note

Ernest Muir, Handbook on leprosy : its diagnosis, treatment and prevention, Cuttack : R.J. Grundy, 1921

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Wellcome Collection 567252i

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