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A doctor in purgator!!
1 print : 54 x 44 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1967.
Technique:
aquatint and etching
note: the gender ambiguity of the 'demons'
Provenance:
Purchase; 1967.
Technique:
aquatint and etching
note: the gender ambiguity of the 'demons'
An antidotarie chyrurgicall, containing great varietie and choice of all sorts of medicines that commonly fal into the chyrurgions use: partlie taken out of authors, olde and new, printed or written, partlie obtained by free gifte of sundrie worthie men of this profession within this land
3 unnumbered leaves, 359 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves ; (8vo)
no illustrations
Sig. [asterisk]7 has catchword for sig. A3. The preliminary matter (sig. [asterisk]2-8 and A1-4) consists of the dedication "to Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke," the author's…
no illustrations
Sig. [asterisk]7 has catchword for sig. A3. The preliminary matter (sig. [asterisk]2-8 and A1-4) consists of the dedication "to Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke," the author's…
Annunciate Angel, the Apostle Andrew, a Bishop Saint (Savinus?), and Saints Dominic and Francis of Assisi [left]; Virgin Annunciate and Saints Bartholomew, Lawrence, Lucy, and Agatha [right]
Medium: Tempera and tooled gold on enframed panels with vertical grain
Dimensions: 25 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches (63.8 x 42.9 cm)
Dimensions: 25 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches (63.8 x 42.9 cm)
Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (34.3 x 22.3 cm)
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (34.3 x 22.3 cm)
The Quack Doctors Confession on his Death Bed
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 30.3 x 22.2 cm
Lettering continues: "If the common soft or tub soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of liquor potassoe in twelve ounces of distill'd water - which is the late Dr.…
Lettering continues: "If the common soft or tub soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of liquor potassoe in twelve ounces of distill'd water - which is the late Dr.…
Practical surgery illustrated and improved: being chirurgical observations with remarks, upon the most extraordinary cases, cures, and dissections, made at St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark
294 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 14 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plate ; (8vo)
2 illustrations (frontispiece is Beckett's portrait, same he uses on another medical tract / second is an allegorical, personification of surgery with a table of…
2 illustrations (frontispiece is Beckett's portrait, same he uses on another medical tract / second is an allegorical, personification of surgery with a table of…
A system of surgery
pages 55- , Bell describes the advantages of the tenaculum over crooked needles in amputations (particularly cancerous breasts)
"I have seen it necessary for the surgeon, to put the patient to a great deal of pain, by being obliged to cut out the…
"I have seen it necessary for the surgeon, to put the patient to a great deal of pain, by being obliged to cut out the…
[Device for applying pressure to reduce hemorrhaging]
Is part of: A system of surgery.; See related catalog record: 2543021R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
[Crushing forceps and scoop for stones]
Is part of: A system of surgery, Plate XVII.; See related catalog record: 2543021R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
A system of operative surgery, founded on the basis of anatomy / by Charles Bell.
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
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cutting out a tumor with ligatures pp. 395-397 with illustration zoomed in on tumor
frequent illustrations with use of hand - aesthetics - no illustrations of mastectomies
W
cutting out a tumor with ligatures pp. 395-397 with illustration zoomed in on tumor
frequent illustrations with use of hand - aesthetics - no illustrations of mastectomies