A practical treatise on smallpox. Illustrated by colored photographs from life / by George Fox ... With the collaboration of S.D. Hubbard, S. Pollitzer and J.H. Huddleston.

  • George Henry Fox
Date:
1903
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Credit: A practical treatise on smallpox. Illustrated by colored photographs from life / by George Fox ... With the collaboration of S.D. Hubbard, S. Pollitzer and J.H. Huddleston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Note.—The names of the colored plates are in capitals. The letters H., P., and F. in brackets indicate that the cases •were photographed by Hubbard, Pollitzer, or Fox. I. VARIOLA ERYTHEMATOSA. (First Day.) This shows the earhest eruption upon back and buttocks. The photograph was taken about seven hours after its first appearance. Tlie patient was sent to Riverside Hospital, where she developed hemorrhagic smallpox, and died on the fom-th day. [H.] II. VARIOLA PAPULOSA. (Second Day.) Showing numerous incipient papules np(in the face. Those upon the forehead were the first to appear and are most prominent. The cheeks present a charac- teristic leathery appearance. [H.] III. Variola Hemorrhagica. Showing upon the face and cheeks a form of the disease commonly known as black smallpox. Figs. 1 and 2 were photographed on the second day and show a profuse and dark eruption. The swelling and disfigurement of the face present a most striking appearance. Figs. 3 and 4 were photographed on the fourth day, when the patient was in a moribund condition. [H.] IV. VARIOLA VESICULOSA. (Fourth Day.) A case of moderate severitj', with well-developed vesicles and characteristic groui:)ing of lesions upon the face. [P.] V. Variola Vesiculosa. Fig. I shows a mixed .eruption of papules and vesicles upon the right thigh. (Third day.) This condition is exceptional in Variola, though quite common in Varicella. [F.] Fig. 2 shows well developed umbilicated vesicles upon the fore- arm. (Fifth day.) [H.] Fig. 3 shows a hemorrhagic effusion into the vesicles on the thigh and leg, a condition far less serious than the purpuric eruption of malignant variola. [P.] VI. VARIOLA SEMI-CONFLUENS. (Fifth Day, Sixth Day.) These illustrations show a partly confluent character which the eruption fre- quentl.v 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 Mere worn. [F.]