A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

  • Dusart, Cornelis, 1660-1704.
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1695
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22505i
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A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the middle of the print, a seated peasant shows by his screams the sharp pain which is being caused to him by a country surgeon who is probing a wound in his arm. A woman standing in the background to left shows her sympathy by clasping her hands (translated from Bartsch's description)

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1695

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1 print : etching ; image 22.9 x 17.5 cm

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Heelmeester. ...Corn: Dusart fec et inv. 1695. Lettering continues: "De duyvel, Meester Hans, is dat myn arm verbinden; Riep Teuwes op die schreeu trok griet een scheve bek. Je praat zo wat, zei Hans, ik moet het kwaad eerst vinden; Zal ik 't geneezen: wel hoe baarje, ben je gek? A.B."

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Leipzig, 1854-1870, vol. V, p. 280, no. 12, "Le chirurgien de village"

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Wellcome Collection 22505i

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