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Five people, each exercising one of the five senses. Coloured lithograph by L.-L. Boilly, 1823. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Top, a man who looks at a miniature through a quizzing glass, representing sight. Below left, a man holding a watch up to his ear, representing hearing. Right, a woman holding a perfume flask to her nose, representing smell. Centre, a man licking a finger which has just wiped some food from a dish, representing taste. Bottom, an old man who represents touch feeling the wrist and forearm of the young woman who smells the perfume flask
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