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Man suffering from the glandular disease of Barbados, 1784
A gentleman named Daniel Massiah with hugely swollen lower legs, suffering from the glandular disease of Barbados. The shoeless right leg is resting on a stool. The author mentions that the disease has also been called elephantiasis; he suggests that it is a disease affecting the glands of the lymphatic system.
Creator
- James Newton
- James Newton
Subject
- Lymphoedema
- Costume
- Costume
Creator
- James Newton
- James Newton
Subject
- Lymphoedema
- Costume
- Costume
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0039157
Identifier
- L0039157
- b1306380
- EPB HEN
- ejkedxn7
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:48:21.099Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:48:21.099Z