Wellcome Collection
Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man holds up an infected hand to his face. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after an original (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
Unknown artist
Lettering: Infectious case of leprosy of the skin type affecting the whole body. Notice the nodules on the fingers, the wasting of the nails, the inflammation of the eyes, the wrinkling and lion-like appearance of the forehead. From Dr. E. Muir's original.
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