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Methods of torture in Africa: a man is forced to catch a very hot iron ring with his bare hands above a cauldron over a fire. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville
Wellcome Collection

Methods of torture in Africa: a man is forced to catch a very hot iron ring with his bare hands above a cauldron over a fire. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville

Harden Sidney Melville

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: "Ordeal of hot ring" H.S. Melville

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