ID#: 17968
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This image depicts a palmar view of a patient’s left hand. The fingers were flexed, and appeared to be necrotic, exhibiting a form of necrosis known as acral gangrene. This patient had been infected with the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis. This image was taken just prior to a procedure that would amputate these nonviable digits.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ William Archibald
Creation Date: 1977
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.