A woman representing pharmacy receives gifts of materia medica from vegetable and mineral sources, and with the aid of a herbal distils them into medicines; above, Apollo gives authority to Hippocrates as other Olympians stand outside the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

  • Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.
Date:
[1672]
Reference:
567800i
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[Dordrecht] : [apud Vincentiuim Caimax], [1672]

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1 print : etching ; image 19 x 14 cm

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Pharmacopoeia augustana cum animadversionibus Joh. Zwelferi Pal. M.D. ... Romeyn de Hooge fecit et sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 567800i

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