Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with red patches on his chest. 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 of the skin: an Indian man with red patches on his chest. 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 35.5 x 25 cm

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A comparatively early case of skin leporsy in the reacting phase. When reaction occurs the marks will suddenly swell up within 24 hours in a patient who formerly showed very little at all. 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 567166i

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