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Physicians and surgeons of America (illustrated) : a collection of biographical sketches of the regular medical profession / edited and compiled by Irving A. Watson.

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

Looking back, 1907-1860 / [John Chiene].

Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.

Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin II.

Anglo-Norman physician and patient.

Vegemalt : sin alcohol / Laboratorios Dr. Laureano Pequeño.

Interior with a surgeon and his apprentice attending to a patient. Oil painting by Jan Josef Horemans, 1722.

A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.

A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

John Hunter, 1728-1793 : exhibition in the foyer of St. George's Hospital Medical School from 11th-31st October 1993 / compiled by Susan Gove and Christine Patel.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

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John Hunter, 1728-1793 : exhibition in the foyer of St. George's Hospital Medical School from 11th-31st October 1993 / compiled by Susan Gove and Christine Patel.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.