Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with circular patches on his face, chest and arms. Watercolour, 1921/1950 (?) by Jane Jackson, after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir (?), ca. 1921.
Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with circular patches on his face, chest and arms. Watercolour, 1921/1950 (?) by Jane Jackson, after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir (?), ca. 1921.
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Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with circular patches on his face, chest and arms. Watercolour, 1921/1950 (?) by Jane Jackson, after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir (?), ca. 1921.

Jane. Jackson

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Lettering: A very conspicuous kind of leprosy, but not infectious to any extent. These patches start with small nodules, then gradually spread like ringworm, dying in the centre and increasing at the margin. From Dr. E. Muir's original. Painting bears words: "Jane Jackson, after Mullick"

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