Surgery: a doctoral candidate defending a thesis in surgery at the Académie Royale de Chirurgie, Paris. Etching by P.F. Tardieu after C. Eisen, 1751.

  • Eisen, Charles, 1720-1778.
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1751
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568189i
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Surgery: a doctoral candidate defending a thesis in surgery at the Académie Royale de Chirurgie, Paris. Etching by P.F. Tardieu after C. Eisen, 1751. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Attributes of surgery are present: skeletons pull back curtains to reveal the scene; cupids practise bloodletting (below left) and amputation of the leg (below right) Above, a medallion to Apollo Salutaris, in which Apollo shows surgical instruments to Hygieia while she points to symbols of anatomy and pharmacy

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[Lausanne] : Impensis Marci Michaelis Bousquet et sociorum, 1751.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 20.7 x 14.6 cm

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Apollo salutaris ... Ch. Eisen inv. ; P.F. Tardieu sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 568189i

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