A ship's boy with a case of necrotizing fasciitis

A boy with a huge sore wasting away the skin and muscle of the thigh. Believed to be a fatal case of necrotizing fasciitis after a slight wound infected by Vibrio vulnificus or Streptococcus pyogenes in seawater. A crutch on the bedside. Joiner, a boy of the British merchant ship Triumph. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Grant after an illustration by John Bell from his own Principles of Surgery, as they Relate to Wounds, Ulcers and Fistulas, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1815

1815 Crutch Fatal Fistulas Hurst Infection John Bell Joiner Longman Muscle Necrosis Principles Of Surgery Seawater Sore Surgeon Surgery Surgical Illustration Thigh Ulcer Ulcers Wound Wounds

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