Hooks, ropes and a lancet used by Hindu ascetics for self-torture. Engraving, 1798.

Date:
May 1798
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567798i
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[London] : Gent. Mag, May 1798.

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1 print : line engraving ; image and text 10.8 x 10.5 cm

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Lancet and two iron hooks, described p. 381. 1. Size of the original [lancet]. 2. Half the size of the original [hooks]

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Wellcome Collection 567798i

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