Smallpox in Wales, 1962, part 9 of 11

A fatal case of malignant smallpox (flat-type)  in a Welsh woman infected during the 1962 outbreak. Images show the 5th day (top), 10th day (middle left and right), and 12th day (bottom). The patient died on the 12th day.

Flat-type—or malignant—smallpox is very rare, and is characterized by intense toxemia. It occurs more frequently in children. In contrast to ordinary smallpox, the skin lesions in this type develop slowly, merge together, and remain flat and soft (often described as “velvety” to the touch). They never progress to the pustular stage. -CDC Website

This is an unusual image. It is hard to find a single picture, much less a whole set of them, showing this rare form of smallpox