Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with circular patches on his face, chest and arms. Watercolour, 1921/1950 (?) by Jane Jackson, after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir (?), ca. 1921.

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1921-1950
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Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with circular patches on his face, chest and arms. Watercolour, 1921/1950 (?) by Jane Jackson, after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir (?), ca. 1921. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1921-1950

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 35.5 x 25.5 cm

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A very conspicuous kind of leprosy, but not infectious to any extent. These patches start with small nodules, then gradually spread like ringworm, dying in the centre and increasing at the margin. From Dr. E. Muir's original Painting bears words: "Jane Jackson, after Mullick"

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One of a series of paintings of the effects of leprosy based on paintings and photographs in the work of Ernest Muir, a doctor based in India. See Ernest Muir, Handbook on leprosy : its diagnosis, treatment and prevention, Cuttack : R.J. Grundy, 1921

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