| Description Of Item | Part of series illustrating 'Some Cutaneous Manifestations of Dietary Deficiencies seen in rural Ceylon [Sri Lanka]' from the collection of Dr K Mahadeva. Photograph of a man with the caption 'Keratomalacia of the eyes of a youth aged 18 years, blind since his second year due to lack of milk in infancy. This is an acute condition of the eye following extreme deficiency of Vitamin A. The cornea becomes necrotic. The first sign is a white spot in the cornea which can grow rapidly'. |