| 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 child's face with the caption 'The eye of a school boy showing dryness, thickening and pigmentation of the conjunctiva (xeropthalmia). When the eye moves, small ridges appear producing wrinkling of the conjunctiva'. |