Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeon's Guild of Amsterdam. Mezzotint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632.

A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

Samuel Sharp, surgeon. Drawing attributed to G. Dance.

Portrait of William Harvey [1578 - 1657], surgeon

Photograph of house surgeon at Cook County Hospital.

Journal extract compiled by a ship's surgeon, 1819

A surgeon treating a male patient's leg. Engraving.

Portrait of J.E.H. Roberts, thoracic surgeon.

A figure standing in the gardens of Surgeon's Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by T. Barber, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.

Portrait of Ambroise Pare [1510 - 1590], French surgeon

Two roundels about John Gidley, a London surgeon. Etching.

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