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  • A physician in traditional costume examining urine in a flask, the young female patient is in bed, France 14--. Coloured etching by P. Pauquet after a 1493 manuscript.
  • A doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is grabbing the doctor by the throat; the terrified patient looks on from the bed. Etching after S. Collings, ca. 1803.
  • A physician administering a clyster to an embarrassed woman who hides her self and presents her behind through a window, female friends observe the scene. Photograph after a stone bas-relief in Bruges archaeological museum.
  • An elaborately dressed travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth in a carriage from a patient. Drypoint.
  • A revolutionary complains of bowel problems to a doctor; a clyster seat waits nearby. Lithograph by C.J. Traviès, c. 1833.
  • A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.
  • A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.
  • A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.
  • A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon and his assistant operating on a patient's head and using a drill to perform the trephination. Engraving, 1731.
  • Two surgeons amputating the leg and arm of the same patient who is being restrained by assistants. Pen drawing after an engraving, 1597.
  • July Revolution, 1830, Paris: a man being carried to the Ecole de Médecine by printers who cry out to take up arms. Lithograph after E. Levasseur.
  • A rustic tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing man. a woman looks on. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J. Harris the elder, 1768.
  • A male patient surrounded by his family discussing his illness with a physician. Engraving.
  • A rustic tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing man. a woman looks on. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J. Harris the elder, 1768.
  • A male patient is hanging by his feet from an apparatus, a large worm (?) is passing from his mouth into a bowl, assisted by a surgeon and two assistants. Process print after a woodcut, 1497.
  • A male patient surrounded by his family discussing his illness with a physician. Engraving.
  • A gouty patient in his room full of unproductive doctors. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1808.
  • A Japanese doctor taking the pulse of a patient. Halftone after a photograph by Messrs. Kajima & Suwo.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen from an elderly female patient who stands beside him, in his elaborate surgery. Colour process print after G. Dou.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen from an elderly female patient who stands beside him, in his elaborate surgery. Colour process print after G. Dou.
  • A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.
  • A surgeon bleeding Ragotin's arm - upon waking and attempting to get dressed he discovered his clothes were too tight and he believes his body has swollen in the night. Engraving.
  • Joseph Millot Severn, a British phrenologist, examining a boy. Colour process print, c. 1929.