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Leprosy: nodules on an Indian woman's face: a head and shoulders portrait in profile. Watercolour by E. Schwarz, 1920/1950 (?).

Leprosy: fruits from which chaulmoogra oil (used to treat leprosy) is derived. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1921/1950 (?), after Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.

India: metal rodent traps in a pile; the rat-catchers gather under a grass-roofed shelter to be paid. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1915/1935 (?).

Bananas that may harbour mosquitos carrying the yellow fever virus, being loaded onto a ship in the West Indies (?). Watercolour by E. Schwarz, 1920/1950 (?).

India: a line of men carrying metal traps for plague prevention on their heads, from the Health Department stables to be distributed in the nearby city. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir.

A yellow quarantine flag, signalling yellow fever, raised on a ship anchored at sea some distance from a port. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1920/1950 (?).

India: a rat extermination chamber with a closed lid under a grass-roofed shelter. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1915/1935 (?).

Leprosy: a mother with leprosy (bare-chested) holds her naked child. Watercolour by E. Schwarz Lenoir, 1920/1950 (?).

India: metal rodent traps in a pile, being baited by three Indian men. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1915/1935 (?).

India: carts of medical supplies unloaded outside a laboratory. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1915/1935 (?).

India: metal rodent traps, for plague prevention, being distributed in an Indian city. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1915/1935 (?).

Leprosy: a red patch on an Indian girl's face: a head and shoulders portrait in profile. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1920/1950 (?) after C. Donovan.

India: a laboratory in which dead rats are being examined as part of a plague-prevention programme. Watercolour, by E. Schwarz, 1915/1935 (?).

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India: a laboratory in which dead rats are being examined as part of a plague-prevention programme. Watercolour, by E. Schwarz, 1915/1935 (?).

India: metal rodent traps, for plague prevention, being distributed in an Indian city. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1915/1935 (?).

Leprosy: a red patch on an Indian girl's face: a head and shoulders portrait in profile. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1920/1950 (?) after C. Donovan.

India: a line of men carrying metal traps for plague prevention on their heads, from the Health Department stables to be distributed in the nearby city. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir.

Leprosy: a mother with leprosy (bare-chested) holds her naked child. Watercolour by E. Schwarz Lenoir, 1920/1950 (?).