Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
21 results
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Line engraving by H. Bonvoisin, 1826, after C. Duchesne.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Line engraving by P.F. Bertonnier after C. Duchesne.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Etching by C. Blanc after A. Gourlier.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Lithograph by C.L.P., 1817.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Line engraving by H. Bonvoisin after C. Duchesne.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Photograph after Leder.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Line engraving by H. Bonvoisin after C. Duchesne.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Photograph after Leder.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Lithograph by A. Maurin after N. E. Maurin.
  • François Joseph Victor Broussais. Lithograph by N. E. Maurin after himself.
  • A doctor prescribes another ninety leeches for a sick, bedbound man; gentlemen crowd around the bed. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès, c. 1827.
  • A doctor prescribes another ninety leeches for a sick, bedbound man; gentlemen crowd around the bed. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès, c. 1827.
  • 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.
  • Broussais instructs a nurse to carry on bleeding a blood-besmeared patient. Coloured lithograph after V.L.
  • Broussais instructs a nurse to carry on bleeding a blood-besmeared patient. Coloured lithograph after V.L.
  • A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1824.
  • Eight famous French doctors. Lithograph by J.F.G. Llanta, 1832.
  • Pierre Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila. Line engraving by P. F. Bertonnier.