The Martyrdom of Mercury (1709) (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

The Martyrdom of Mercury (1709)

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'The Martyrdom of Mercury' (1709). Depicts patients being treated for syphilis in an 18th-century hospital.

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Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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