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Title: Anatomical illustration of a hand affected by leprosy - a "klohånd". The leprosy bacillus attac
Anatomisk illustration af en hånd angrebet af spedalskhed - en såkaldt "klohånd". Klohånden fremkommer ved, at spedalskhedsbacillen angriber nervevævet, som medfører lammelse af håndens strækkemuskler, så patienten íkke kan holde om ting. En operation kan afhjælpe problemerne
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse.
Danmission
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Description: Anatomical illustration of a hand affected by leprosy - a "klohånd". The leprosy bacillus attacks the nervous tissue, which causes paralysis of the hand extensor muscles so the patient cannot hold on things. An operation can provide solutions
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
photographs
Identifier: imp-dan-DM_00390.jpg
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-92597
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-dan-DM_00390.jpg
Subject: Det Danske Missionsselskab
Danish Missionary Society
DMS
Sundhed (Hospital and klinik) Health (Hospital and clinic )
Vadathorasalur
DIAS00327
Spedalske
Sydindien
Lepers
Hånd angebet af spedalskhed
Hand infected by leprosy
Mission til spedalske
Mission to lepers
Danmission
Hospital sundhed
Hospital health
Place: Asia
Indien Syd
India, South
Indien
India
Tamil Nadu
Vadathorasalur
Source: DM_00390.tiff [File]
Relation: Danmission Photo Archive
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Danmission, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://fotoarkiv.danmission.dk/fotoweb/archives/5001-Danmission%20Photo%20Archive/archive/photo_archive/DM_00390.tiff.info#preview-media

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