Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Leprosy of the chest on an Indian man. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
Leprosy of the chest on an Indian man. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
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Leprosy of the chest on an Indian man. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Nerve leprosy of the chest. Notice the thickened nerves passing up into the neck. Such a patient should heal up after a few months treatment if kept in good health. From Dr. E. Muir's original.

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