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Syphilis; face of a dead man with erosion of the nose, 1885
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Syphilis; face of a dead man with erosion of the nose, 1885

Alphonse Legros · 1885

CC0 — Public Domain
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Pencil drawing illustrating severely eroded and gangrenous nasal cartilage in a dead man who suffered from syphilis.

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