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Tonsils, each with a grey patch of diphtheric 'membrane'
Wellcome Collection

Tonsils, each with a grey patch of diphtheric 'membrane'

Mark, Leonard Portal

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Watercolour drawing of the back of the mouth of a girl aged 20, showing on each tonsil a grey patch of diphtheric 'membrane'

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