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Allegorical figure of the physician as God standing among books and tools of the medical professions. Interior view with three scenes: a patient undergoing head surgery; setting of a broken leg; and a bedside scene showing a physician taking…

Allegorical representation of the physician as God. Interior view with three scenes: patient in bed being treated by surgeon, nurse, and an assistant; woman drying bandages(?) at a fireplace; another bedside scene. Praying is a prominent motif.

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1 photomechanical reproduction : 31 x 24 cm.
Technique:
halftone

Is part of: Opera quae extant Graece et Latine veterum codicum collatione restituta; title page.; See related catalog record: 2251067R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving

A physician is taking the pulse of a woman sitting up in bed; she appears to be looking and smiling at a young man standing to the right; another man is standing to the left of the physician.

"Interior view: a woman with a young child are standing next to a physician who is holding a urine flask; in the background other physicians? are holding flasks; a satyr and a monkey at the top of the page are indicative of the fallacy of the…

Mott tracing phrenological data on a plaster head

A woman, sitting in a chair, is having her left hand bled.

Is part of: Nuova et utlilssima prattica di tutto quello ch'al diligente barbiero s'appartiene, opp. p. 55.; See related catalog record: 2302032R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
woodcut

1 print : image 8 x 5 cm., on sheet 39 x 29 cm.
Technique:
etching

An horrific omnium gatherum of the "heroic" medical and surgical treatments typical of establishment medicine around the time of the French Revolution. Two amputations are taking place. A friar holds a crucifix before the patient on the right. Near…