A candidate for a nose replacement Size:S: 30 x 25cm Tourists in Piccadilly

Tourists in Piccadilly

Or The Rival Touts'

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The trip was to get material for their programme 'The Reason Why'

Figure of a Pirassoipi

A candidate for a nose replacement Size:S: 30 x 25cm Tourists in PiccadillyA patient with a nose lost due to mercury poisoning a common treatment for syphilis at the time. Case 1; an officer in his Majesty's army whose treatment for a venereal complaint with mercury resulted in; '[] the loss of the septum, all the anterior part of the cartilage, and, in truth, the whole front of the nose, a small portion of the alae, or sides of the nostrils, excepted. The nasal bones remained entire.' (Case 1, pg. 83) Plate 1 from An