M0000803: Wax model of the 1657 plague

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Wax model of the 1657 plague depicting a decomposed body being eaten by rats. The object was displayed at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

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M0000803: Wax model of the 1657 plague

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