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  • A tree. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Orphans.
  • Orphans.
  • Orphans.
  • Death and the miser. Oil painting by Frans Francken II.
  • A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
  • The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.
  • A woman divided into two, representing life and death. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
  • Orphans.
  • A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by J. Einsle, 1806, after G. Dou.
  • An allegory. Oil painting by a follower of Joris Hoefnagel.
  • Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
  • Death and the miser. Oil painting by Frans Francken II.
  • Death and the miser. Oil painting by Frans Francken II.
  • Orphans.
  • An allegory. Oil painting by a follower of Joris Hoefnagel.
  • A woman divided into two, representing life and death. Oil painting.
  • Orphans.
  • A standing figure in a red aureole surrounded by red crosses; representing virtue, pain and anger. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Orphans.
  • A woman divided into two, representing life and death. Oil painting.
  • Orphans.
  • The doctor.
  • Orphans.
  • Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.
  • The doctor.
  • An allegory. Oil painting by a follower of Joris Hoefnagel.
  • Orphans.
  • Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.