A candidate for a nose replacement Size:M: 50 x 40cm South view of St James's

South view of St James's

View from Seething Lane showing the Globe Tavern

in the Palace of Westminster

Gordon Mackinson

A candidate for a nose replacement Size:M: 50 x 40cm South view of St James'sA patient with a nose lost due to mercury poisoning a common treatment for syphilis at the time. Case 1; an officer in his Majesty's army whose treatment for a venereal complaint with mercury resulted in; '[] the loss of the septum, all the anterior part of the cartilage, and, in truth, the whole front of the nose, a small portion of the alae, or sides of the nostrils, excepted. The nasal bones remained entire.' (Case 1, pg. 83) Plate 1 from An