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Head of a man suffering from 'withering sarcoma' of the scalp
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Head of a man suffering from 'withering sarcoma' of the scalp

Mark, Leonard Portal

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Watercolour drawing showing two views of the head of a young man, aged 24 years, who had several tumours on the scalp, some of which were removed by operation, while others disappeared of their own accord and to which William Morrant Baker, surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, under whose care the patient was has applied the name of 'withering sarcoma.'

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