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A Chinese man waits while a torturer heats up a metal chain
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A Chinese man waits while a torturer heats up a metal chain

1850

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

A Chinese man heats up sections of a metal chain over a flame in order to torture a prisoner. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist.

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