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A Saadi, or Egyptian shaman using snakes and incantations to cure a sick man. Engraving by T. Wallis, 1806, after W.M. Craig.
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A Saadi, or Egyptian shaman using snakes and incantations to cure a sick man. Engraving by T. Wallis, 1806, after W.M. Craig.

William Marshall Craig · 1806

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: A Saadi, or Egyptian quack, curing a sick man by pretended conjurations with serpents. W.M. Craig del. ; T. Wallis sculp.

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