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Ortner-WM_S_56.1

Record

Holding institution
Hunterian Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
Slide collection of Donald J. Ortner
Age
1 years
Country of origin
France

Curator notes

Mounted.

Scientific notes

Infant was studied by Prof. Jules Parrot a pathologist in Paris, France circa 1880. Parrot thought this was a case of congenital syphilis, but it was later diagnosed as scurvy during the reorganization of the Wellcome Pathology Museum following WWII.

1 lesions

Lesion 1

Bones
Cranium
  • Scurvy Metabolic

5 photographs are recorded for this lesion but are no longer retrievable: the server that held them is no longer reachable. The records themselves are unaffected.

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Hunterian Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Slide collection of Donald J. Ortner. catalogue no. Ortner-WM_S_56.1