Wellcome Collection
Leprosy on the hand of an Indian man: the palm and back of an infected hand. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
Unknown artist
Lettering: A localized patch of leprosy in the hand. Notice the thickening of the nerves. The disease spreads up the nerves from the skin. The picture of the front of the same hand shows the thickening of the nerve on the outer side. From Dr. E. Muir's original.
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