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Saint Januarius: ceremony marking the liquefaction of his blood in Naples cathedral. Etching by G. Martini and L. Germain and engraving by B. Nicolet, after L.J. Desprez.

An academic doctoral disputation, in which the production of a medical thesis is compared to human excretion. Aquatint by J.F. Martin after L.J. Desprez, 179-.

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Louis Jean Desprez

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Saint Januarius: ceremony marking the liquefaction of his blood in Naples cathedral. Etching by G. Martini and L. Germain and engraving by B. Nicolet, after L.J. Desprez.

An academic doctoral disputation, in which the production of a medical thesis is compared to human excretion. Aquatint by J.F. Martin after L.J. Desprez, 179-.