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Miniature of British monarch Mary I "touching" for King's Evil, a name for scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands at the side of the neck, with ulceration of the skin), because it was believed that the touch of a king could cure it.
Location:United Kingdom
Date taken:1901
Size:941 x 1280 pixels (13.1 x 17.8 inches)

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