Magnificent 19th century portraits of people with huge tumors

The good people at Weird Universe share these delightful 19th century oil paintings of people with huge tumors. In the 1830s, Dr. Peter Parker (no relation to Spider-Man) commissioned Western-trained oil painter Lam Qua to create the portraits of patients in China's Canton Hospital who suffered from large tumors or other deformities. — Read the rest
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