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Allmanach auff das 1581 jar ... / Durch Petrum Slovacium gestellet auff den Meridian der kayserlichen Stadt Breslaw.

An ill man being bled by a surgeon. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

A Nun (Sister of Charity) bloodletting a seated patient. Line engraving.

A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.

A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.

A surgeon letting blood from a woman's arm. Oil painting.

Three leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Grandville, ca. 1832.

A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.

Esbatal : Esbatal has been shown to be preferred by the patients themselves as an anti-hypertensive therapy ...

A surgeon and his black assistant letting blood from a lady's arm. Oil painting by an English painter, ca. 1780.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.