A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.

A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers, the younger.

The face of a man expressing simple bodily pain. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an agonized patient. Lithograph by A. Bayot.

One of two scenes from the Naya-nayika set of lovers' quarrels. Chromolithograph.

The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.

An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.

A dentist looking in horror at the size of the tooth he has just extracted from his grimacing patient. Coloured aquatint.

A tooth-drawer using a cord to extract a tooth from an agonized patient, in a pharmacy. Pen drawing.

A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.

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Pain and sensory symptoms / [written by James Bailey ;edited by Sarah Westlake].

56 pages : colour illustrations ; 17 x 17 cm

Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

<p>Bible. N.T. John 19.16. Drops of blood run down Christ's cheeks, from the crown of thorns. A woman moves to cover his head with a sheet of linen. A rope is tied around his waist. The criminals have their hands tied behind their backs; they are threatened with spears</p>

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 35.7 x 28.5 cm

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

The circle of life : a search for an attitude to pain, disease, old age and death / by Kenneth Walker.

1 drawing : watercolour with indian ink, with silver

Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

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Pain and sensory symptoms / [written by James Bailey ;edited by Sarah Westlake].

Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

The circle of life : a search for an attitude to pain, disease, old age and death / by Kenneth Walker.

Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

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Pain

Images

Works

Pain and sensory symptoms / [written by James Bailey ;edited by Sarah Westlake].

Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

The circle of life : a search for an attitude to pain, disease, old age and death / by Kenneth Walker.

Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

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