Wellcome Collection
Leprosy: a red lesion on the face of an Indian man; an insert shows a detail of the same lesion. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
Unknown artist
Lettering: A patch of leprosy - the only one in the body. Under treatment a patient like this will heal up entirely within a few months. From Dr. E. Muir's original. Lettering on labels attached to painting read: "Reacting leprous lesion (A1 type)" and "Same lesion at a greater height of reaction"
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