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1 photograph : autochrome, transparency on glass, printed in colours ; glass 12 x 8.8 cm

Pustules on the elbow of a 35 year old man diagnosed as having erythema. Colour photograph, 1926.

1 photograph : autochrome, transparency on glass, printed in colours ; glass 15.2 x 20.3 cm

A pustule on the thigh of a young man reacting to vaccination against smallpox. Colour photograph, 1926.

"In 1908, on reaching the age-limit of 60, he [Turner] retired and returned to Great Britain, where, however, he continued his researches on leprosy. Some years after he left Pretoria it was found that he was suffering from leprosy, contracted it was believed, when in the Transvaal. After a tragic illness, heroically borne, he died at his home at Colyton, Devon, on 13th March, 1915."--Curson, op. cit., p. 750
"Sir George Turner": if this identification is correct, it could refer to Sir George Turner (1848-1915), medical officer of health in South Africa, expert on rinderpest, and medical superintendent of the Pretoria Leper Asylum 1901-1908. He seems the most likely, as (a) the present portait resembles the photograph of him reproduced by Curson, loc. cit., and (b) the present work is accompanied by a photograph of a man with leprosy. Obituaries of him are in Lancet, 20 March 1915, i: 622-623 and 677, and British medical journal, 1915, i: 532-533. An alternative is Sir George Robertson Turner, naval and general surgeon (G.C. Cook in Journal of medical biography, 1995, 3: 170-177)

1 photograph : transparency on glass, printed in colours ; glass 21.5 x 16.5 cm

Sir George Turner. Colour photograph, 19--.

A dead man with smallpox (?) and gangrene. Colour photograph, 1936.

Accompanied by another photograph using the same technique (autochrome) said to be a portrait of "Sir George Turner". Sir George Turner (1848-1915) was a medical officer of health in South Africa, an expert on rinderpest, and medical superintendent of the Pretoria Leper Asylum 1901-1908. According to his obituaries (Lancet, 20 March 1915, i: 622-623 and 677, and British medical journal, 1915, i: 532-533) he contracted leprosy, returned from South Africa and lived in Colyton, Devon, until his death in 1915. "On his return to this country [England] he continued to prosecute his bacteriological studies, even after he knew that he had fallen a victim to the disease, hoping to advance our knowledge in the practical therapeutics." (Lancet, loc. cit.)

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Pustules on the elbow of a 35 year old man diagnosed as having erythema. Colour photograph, 1926.

A pustule on the thigh of a young man reacting to vaccination against smallpox. Colour photograph, 1926.

Sir George Turner. Colour photograph, 19--.

A dead man with smallpox (?) and gangrene. Colour photograph, 1936.

The left forearm of Sir George Turner (?), showing symptoms of leprosy. Colour photograph, 19--.

Smallpox pustules on a hand. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

Pustules on the upper body of a young woman reacting to vaccination against smallpox. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

Smallpox pustules on the face of a man. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

Gangrene on the body of a 39-year old man. Colour photograph, 1936.

Smallpox pustules on the body of a young woman. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

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Pustules on the elbow of a 35 year old man diagnosed as having erythema. Colour photograph, 1926.

A pustule on the thigh of a young man reacting to vaccination against smallpox. Colour photograph, 1926.

Sir George Turner. Colour photograph, 19--.

A dead man with smallpox (?) and gangrene. Colour photograph, 1936.

The left forearm of Sir George Turner (?), showing symptoms of leprosy. Colour photograph, 19--.

Smallpox pustules on a hand. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

Pustules on the upper body of a young woman reacting to vaccination against smallpox. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

Smallpox pustules on the face of a man. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

Gangrene on the body of a 39-year old man. Colour photograph, 1936.

Smallpox pustules on the body of a young woman. Colour photograph, ca. 1926.

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