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

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: 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. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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