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Title: Pruriginous Impetigo Following Varicella, 1880s
Caption: Pruriginous impetigo following varicella. Prurigo is an itchy eruption on the skin and impetigo is a bacterial skin infection. The two together present as a red itchy contagious skin rash. The notes on the illustration indicate the condition may have erupted following the viral infection varicella (chicken pox) or perhaps the varicella vaccine. Chromolithograph, 1878-1888. Illustration by E. Burgess after R. W. Sherwin, Mabel Green and Jonathan Hutchinson.
Category: ILLUSTRATION • Medical: History
Credit: Album / Science Source / Wellcome Images
Image size: 2937 × 4221 px | 35.5 MB
Print size: 24.9 × 35.7 cm | 1156.3 × 1661.8 in (300 dpi)