Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Leprosy of the face: head and shoulders portrait of an Indian man with one eye closed. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
Leprosy of the face: head and shoulders portrait of an Indian man with one eye closed. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
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Leprosy of the face: head and shoulders portrait of an Indian man with one eye closed. 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 face. This was the only patch in the body. Such a case should heal up with a few months of treatment if the patient is kept in good health. It will, however, leave a scar and the patient may have difficulty in closing his eye. From Dr. E. Muir's original.

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