Leprosy on the ears and face of an Indian schoolboy; circular inserts show microscopic details of scales on his ears. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
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Leprosy on the ears and face of an Indian schoolboy; circular inserts show microscopic details of scales on his ears. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: A schoolboy who attended school for years without being suspected of suffering from leprosy, until the boys were examined by an expert doctor. Notice the masses of leprosy bacilli in the scales from the ears. There was no sign of leprosy except in the ears and chin, and slightly on the cheek. From Dr. E. Muir's original.

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