Arsenical pigmentation of the skin

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Arsenical pigmentation of the skin. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Black and white photograph showing pigmentation on the skin of the neck due to arsenic medicinally administered for chorea. 15 minims of liquor arsenicalis had been given three times a day for a period of six weeks. The lighter patches are due to a desquamation of the epidermis. There was no evidence of neuritis. From the Out-patient Department of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.

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