[Skin lesions on a young leprosy patient]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Pittet, Pierre, photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Child Physical Examination World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A young leprosy patient (back to camera) is being examined. Verso: WHO/5017. Cameroons- Leprosy. At least: 10,700,000 people in the world have leprosy, and about 4,000,000 of them suffer also from some form of disablement as a result of the disease. Leprosy, widely distributed throughout the world, is particularly prevalent in th edeveloping countries. Like tuberculosis ans many other diseases, leprosy is more easily cured if detected in its early stages. Special attention is therefore given to all children living in leprosaria ans treatment is begun as soon as the first signs of the disease appear.
- Copyright:
- WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Research; Research date: 07/24/2015
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101436984 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013645
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436984