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Blue Mary, 1934

Black and white photograph with coloured details of an adult woman; head and shoulders. She is looking at the camera, in three-quarters profile. Her pale blue eyes are reddened, and her hair is reddish-brown. She has thin lips and eyebrows and freckles on her cheeks and nose. She is wearing a white sweater with a mid-neck collar.

Source: Maude Abbott, Clinical lecture on the differential diagnosis of congenital cardiac disease, International Clinics, VOL. III, Series 44, 1934, p.17.

Blue Mary was a particular case of pigmentation cirrhosis that resulted in a bluish discolouration of the skin and lips. Her case was studied by Maude Abbott in 1933-1934.

This image is from Maude Abbott, Clinical lecture on the differential diagnosis of congenital cardiac disease, International Clinics, VOL. III, Series 44, 1934, p.17.