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Leg of a woman with a tubercular fungating ulcer
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Leg of a woman with a tubercular fungating ulcer

Mark, Leonard Portal

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Watercolour drawing of the leg of a woman, aged 50 years, showing large fungating masses which have sprung up from pre-existing ulcers. Microscopic examination showed these masses to be tubercular.

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