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A theatrical figure in a tuxedo supporting a pestle and mortar as a hat and holding a large pill. Watercolour painting.
Chasemore, Archibald, active 1874-1878.Reference: 15700i
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Interior of the decorative and elaborate court pharmacy of Rastatt. Coloured line engraving.
Reference: 15985i
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Bronzemörser / Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning.
Wittop Koning, D. A. (Dirk Arnold), 1911-2001.Date: [1975], ©1975
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A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book Engraving by J.B. Tardieu after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 20508i
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Dr. Bradbury, a pharmacist, in his shop with his son. Etching.
Reference: 15953i
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A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Date: 1848Reference: 16015i
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A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1747Reference: 22583i
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A mortar
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Sir John Simon (?) in his role as the first Medical Officer of Health for the City of London putting pressure on the Corporation of London to act upon the pestilential conditions of the graveyards in the City. Lithograph by Bolus, 1851.
Bolus, active 1851.Date: 1851Reference: 16130i
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John Bull as a patient, in disarray, reclines on a sofa and receives medical treatment from politicians. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 December 1813Reference: 38418i
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A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).
Lingelbach, Johannes, 1622-1674.Reference: 23009i
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A mortar and pestle; the American eagle; and the joined flags of the United Kingdom and the United States; advertising Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London. Relief photoengraving on metal.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]Reference: 2897053i
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A young woman being visited by a member of the clergy while another woman cries beside her. Line engraving, 1813.
Date: 1813Reference: 17869i
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Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, examining a urine flask and surrounded by medical paraphernalia. Engraving by P. Galle (?).
Reference: 17831i
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An interior of sixteenth century monastic pharmacy. Watercolour, 19--.
Reference: 16009i
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A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1766Reference: 21791i
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A small boy at an apothecary's shop. Reproduction of a lithograph by A. Holswilder, c. 1890.
Holswilder, Jan Pieter, 1850-1890.Date: 20 December 1890Reference: 17765i
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Trephination, preparation of medicines from raw materials, a skeleton, a muscleman and a portrait of A. Paré. Line engraving.
Date: 1649Reference: 22242i
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The Dutch maid (De Nederlandse Maagd), personifying the Netherlands asks an apothecary whether a medicine might not be poisonous; symbolising doubts over a new Dutch tax law; he replies no, a babe-in-arms could take it. Process print after J. Braakensiek, 1890.
Braakensiek, Joh. (Johan Coenraad), 1858-1940.Date: 5 October 1890Reference: 17683i
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An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.
Reference: 20933i
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A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 17780i
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The interior of a shop of a family of apothecaries - d' Ailly. Photoprint by V.A Bruckmann, 1904, after an oil painting by J. Jelgerhuis Rienksz, 1818.
Jelgerhuis, J. (Johannes), 1770-1836.Date: 1818-1904Reference: 15961i
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A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 15 June 1793Reference: 16968i
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Death as an apothecary's assistant making up medicines with a mortar and pestle for the apothecary attending a female patient who sits by the fireside. Watercolour by T. Rowlandson or one of his followers.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 20131i
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An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16151i

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A theatrical figure in a tuxedo supporting a pestle and mortar as a hat and holding a large pill. Watercolour painting.

Interior of the decorative and elaborate court pharmacy of Rastatt. Coloured line engraving.

Bronzemörser / Dirk Arnold Wittop Koning.

A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book Engraving by J.B. Tardieu after D. Teniers.

Dr. Bradbury, a pharmacist, in his shop with his son. Etching.

A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.

A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A mortar

Sir John Simon (?) in his role as the first Medical Officer of Health for the City of London putting pressure on the Corporation of London to act upon the pestilential conditions of the graveyards in the City. Lithograph by Bolus, 1851.

John Bull as a patient, in disarray, reclines on a sofa and receives medical treatment from politicians. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

A mortar and pestle; the American eagle; and the joined flags of the United Kingdom and the United States; advertising Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London. Relief photoengraving on metal.

A young woman being visited by a member of the clergy while another woman cries beside her. Line engraving, 1813.

Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, examining a urine flask and surrounded by medical paraphernalia. Engraving by P. Galle (?).

An interior of sixteenth century monastic pharmacy. Watercolour, 19--.

A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A small boy at an apothecary's shop. Reproduction of a lithograph by A. Holswilder, c. 1890.

Trephination, preparation of medicines from raw materials, a skeleton, a muscleman and a portrait of A. Paré. Line engraving.

The Dutch maid (De Nederlandse Maagd), personifying the Netherlands asks an apothecary whether a medicine might not be poisonous; symbolising doubts over a new Dutch tax law; he replies no, a babe-in-arms could take it. Process print after J. Braakensiek, 1890.

An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.

The interior of a shop of a family of apothecaries - d' Ailly. Photoprint by V.A Bruckmann, 1904, after an oil painting by J. Jelgerhuis Rienksz, 1818.

A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.

Death as an apothecary's assistant making up medicines with a mortar and pestle for the apothecary attending a female patient who sits by the fireside. Watercolour by T. Rowlandson or one of his followers.

An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.