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Believed to have been captured at an unidentified location in India, during the country’s Smallpox Eradication Campaign, this image depicted a young smallpox patient, lying in a hospital bed, who displayed the flat-type smallpox rash over her arms, torso, face and neck. “Flat-type, or malignant smallpox, is very rare, and is characterized by intense toxemia. It occurs more frequently in children. In contrast to ordinary smallpox, the skin lesions in this type develop slowly, merge together, and remain flat and soft (often described as "velvety" to the touch). They never progress to the pustular stage.”
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