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Title
Female Genitalia Showing Severely Diseased Tissue Caused by Syphilis: Extensive Sores and Abcesses Are Seen Extending up the Abdomen and Torso
Date
1862
Medium
pencil, watercolour & chalk on paper (?)
Measurements
H 54.8 x W 38.1 cm
Accession number
574404i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing & watercolour
Wellcome Collection
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