#lepromatosis
“Showing numerous incipient papules upon the face. Those upon the forehead were the first to appear and are most prominent. the cheeks present a characteristic leathery appearance.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“A case of moderate severity, with well-developed vesicles and characteristic grouping of lesions upon the face.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“Showing upon the face and cheeks a form of the disease commonly known as ‘black smallpox.’ (…) The swelling and disfigurement of the face present a most striking appearance.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“Showing a few thick crusts remaining upon the face with numerous dull red spots from which the crusts have fallen.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“These illustrations show a partly confluent character which the eruption frequently presents, even in mild cases, and especially upon the legs. The influence of pressure in developing a more profuse eruption may be noted above the ankles, where shoes were laced, and below the knees, where garters were worn.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“These illustrations show the pustular lesions in the stages of complete distention when they present a rounded appearance, and of incipient desiccation, when they appear flattened and with a central depression or ‘secondary umbilication.’”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“This shows the earliest eruption upon back and buttocks. The photograph was taken about seven hours after its first appearance. The patient was sent to Riverside Hospital where she developed hemorrhagic smallpox, and died on the fourth day.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“Fig. 3 shows severe pitting, a partial loss of hair and eyebrows, and destruction of one eye.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
Healing after smallpox was a slow process. Victims were often unrecognizable to those who knew them before the illness.
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“Fig. 1 shows umbilicated pustules with an intense edema of the foot, considerably increasing in its size and causing much pain. Fig. 2 shows the epidermis raised in a large, irregular patch by the confluence of pustules.”
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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“Figs. 1 and 3 show the dried pustules remaining in the thickened skin of palm and sole after the crusts have fallen elsewhere. Fig. 2 shows the superficial desquamation which follows the falling of the crusts, producing rings of partly detached epidermis.“
A Practical Treatise on Smallpox by George Henry Fox, 1903
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The Pox Party, digital, December 2017
Sort of playing around with the spectre that once was childhood disease. Most people never made it to adulthood.
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The Diseases of Children, Vol. IV by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Shaw, and Edford La Fétra, 1908
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The Diseases of Children, Vol. IV by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Shaw, and Edford La Fétra, 1908
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Work in progress. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas. 16x20”.
Source: “Patient with tuberous leprosy. Extracted from Leprosy In Its Clinical & Pathological Aspects by Hansen & Looft, John Wright and Co, Bristol, 1895, Plate III.” - Wellcome images
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Posed, acrylic on canvas, 2019
“Case 27. Lepra Macula.— Aged 14 years. Presented herself in my clinic at the Charity Hospital, February 28th, 1888, with the following history: Born in the Fifth District of this city (Algiers) and has always lived there, attending one of the public schools.”
Source image (right picture) from Leprosy in New Orleans by Henry W. Blanc, 1889.
Pieces, acrylic on linen, 2019
Based off pastel portraits of wounded WW1 soldiers by Henry Tonks, artist and surgeon (middle images).
Posed, acrylic on linen, 2019 (bottom right image is of the painting’s first layer, bottom left and top right are finished)
Source image (top left) from Leprosy in New Orleans by Henry W. Blanc, 1889:
“Case 27. Lepra Macula.— Aged 14 years. Presented herself in my clinic at the Charity Hospital, February 28th, 1888, with the following history: Born in the Fifth District of this city (Algiers) and has always lived there, attending one of the public schools.”
