Wellcome Collection
Tongue of a boy in a state of acute glossitis
Mark, Leonard Portal
Watercolour drawing of the tongue of a boy, aged 13 years, in a state of acute glossitis. The tongue was so much swollen and enlarged that the mouth could not be shut. Under appropriate treatment, the symptoms subsided in a few hours.
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