Title: Patient unknown
Secondary Title: Woman with tumor on bridge of nose
Description: oil on canvas 24 x 18 in., date unknown ca. 1838?
Tumor:
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Year: 1838?
Modern Suggestion: According to the doctors consulted by the Gordon: Appears to be female with Rhinophyma (a bulbous swelling of the nose usually found in men), but may in fact be left ocular tumour, even malignant melanoma.
Credit: Courtesy of The Gordon Museum
Dr. Peter Parker's Case History
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