Face and chest of man showing post mortem discolouration

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Face and chest of man showing post mortem discolouration. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Watercolour drawing of the face and chest of a man to show the appearance caused by rapid post-mortem decomposition. It was made about twelve hours after death, during the hot weather of July 1894.

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