Medieval Science in England. A 15th century

Thesaurus thesaurorum

A physician taking the pulse of a young woman, while an old maid prepares gruel for her. Oil painting by Quirin Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam.

Leonardo de Piero Dati, <i>La sfera</i>

Samuel Arthur Joseph Moorat. Photograph.

A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.

The first use of ether in dental surgery, 1846. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

Nineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900.

Handbook to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum : founded by Henry S. Wellcome / Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.

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