Woman with Dermatosis

The editorial accompanying this 1951 image stated that with the inclusion of the camera Netter was "pay[ing] tribute to the rival art of color photography." The dermatosis (skin disease) depicted is probably atopic dermatitis, an inflammation of the skin also known as eczema, caused by low levels of the protein cytokine in the immune system.

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