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Two men dissecting a body with plague.
Wellcome Collection

Two men dissecting a body with plague.

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Wellcome Collection

Two men, supposedly George Thomson holding the knife, dissecting a body covered with plague marks. Incense is burning in a bowl to camouflage the stench of the body.

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