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  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Collotype after Sir E.J. Poynter, ca. 1880.
  • A man receiving water on his arm from a fountain of Aesculapius; representing the healthy consequences of water treatment at Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria. Colour lithograph by F. Rehm, 1902.
  • Aesculapius. Engraving by Schulfe after Granger.
  • Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.
  • Antonius Musa as Aesculapius (?). Line engraving by I. Bonaiuti after G.B. Borani.
  • Aesculapius and Hygieia. Engraving by C.P.P. Carloni after T. Matteini.
  • The angel of death striking a door during the plague of Rome. Engraving by J.G. Levasseur after J. Delaunay.
  • An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.
  • An ivory diptych containing sculptures of Aesculapius with Telesphorus and of Hygieia with Cupid. Engraving by R. Morghen.
  • Aesculapius. Etching by F. Garzoli after G. Bianchi.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.
  • Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.
  • Aesculapius and Telesphorus. Etching by N. Dorigny.
  • The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.
  • Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
  • Aesculapius holding a staff encircled by a snake. Drawing by G.B. Cipriani.
  • Aesculapius. Engraving by G. Dala after G. Busato.
  • A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.
  • A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.
  • A man receiving water on his arm from a fountain of Aesculapius; representing the healthy consequences of water treatment at Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria. Colour lithograph by F. Rehm, 1902.
  • A statue of Aesculapius holding his staff and a plant stands in a large pharmacy below the coat of arms of Leiden; men working in the pharmacy in the background; representing the pharmacopoeia of Leiden. Engraving by F. van Bleyswyck, 1751.
  • Aesculapius: bust facing front. Engraving by A.J. Mécou after J.A. Vauthier.
  • Temple of Aesculapius, Spalato (Split). Engraving by F. Bartolozzi.
  • An ivory diptych containing sculptures of Aesculapius with Telesphorus and of Hygieia with Cupid. Engraving by R. Morghen.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Colour process print after Sir E.J. Poynter.
  • Twenty portraits of orators and physicians. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.