A candidate for a nose replacement Size:M: 50 x 40cm Gordon Mackinson

Gordon Mackinson

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A candidate for a nose replacement Size:M: 50 x 40cm Gordon MackinsonA 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