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O.G. Mason
Syphilis Hereditaria
1880-1885 (ca)
Collotype, hand-coloured
Private collection of John Wood
LL/37724
Poem: Mr. Sinister Smiles
Mr. Sinister smiles
At you Lady, and drools
And drips a bit from where
You'd guess, but would most fear.
He has made many plans:
Little trips for his hands.
And they all involve you.
Oh there's nothing to do
But wait for him. He's there
You know, and he's like air:
He's everywhere you'd go.
He's got something to show
Just you. You won't like it.
John Wood
Source
John Wood Endurance and Suffering: Narratives of Disease in the 19th Century (Edition Galerie Vevais, 2009) [Note: First edition is dated March 2007 but was published in October 2008.]
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