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Images

  • Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.
  • A surgeon or gynaecologist examining a woman with a vaginal speculum. Drawing by Félicien Rops.
  • A surgeon or gynaecologist examining a woman with a vaginal speculum. Drawing by Félicien Rops.
  • Symbolic image of the liver: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the spleen: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the heart: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the gall bladder: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the kidneys: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • A tree showing the evolution of health care in the twentieth century. Colour print by J. Galloway and R. Richards, 2011.
  • Symbolic image of the lung: Chinese/Korean/Japanese