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.

1921-1950

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 25.5 x 35.5 cm

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

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

Wellcome Collection 567285i

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