Leprosy: a red patch on an Indian man's arm causing two fingers to bend. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson?), 1921/1950 (?), after Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.

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1921-1950
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567285i
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Leprosy: a red patch on an Indian man's arm causing two fingers to bend. 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 25.5 x 35.5 cm

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Nerve leprosy. The nerve supplying the fingers was invaded from the patch above the elbow, hence the claw-like appearance of the two fingers. If such a patient is kept in good health, he should recover entirely. From Dr. E. Muir's original

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 567285i

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