A hard case : there is now exhibiting in South Castle-street a female, a native of Holland, whose body, with the exception of the face and bust, is encrusted with a hard substance, which grows upon and completely covers the skin. This lady is 37 years of age ... Liverpool Albion.

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A hard case : there is now exhibiting in South Castle-street a female, a native of Holland, whose body, with the exception of the face and bust, is encrusted with a hard substance, which grows upon and completely covers the skin. This lady is 37 years of age ... Liverpool Albion. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Newspaper cutting (4 July 1843?) about a woman (Francina Kroone?) with scaly / stone-like growths over her skin (ichthyosis?).

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[1843]

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1 sheet ; 7 x 7 cm

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