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  • La formation par l'apprentissage : éléments de psychopédagogie / par Jacques Leplat ; Claude Énard ; Annie Weill-Fassina.

    • Leplat, Jacques.
    Date
    1970
    • Books
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

    • Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
    Date
    [1542?]
    Reference
    23028i
    • Pictures
  • Alexander the Great being mocked by the apprentices in the studio of Apelles. Etching by Salvator Rosa.

    • Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.
    Date
    1600-1699
    Reference
    38761i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Interior of a pharmacy, the pharmacist and his apprentice at work. Engraving.

    Reference
    16019i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.

    Reference
    15921i
    • Pictures
  • A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Etching by A.T.J.M. Potémont after D. Teniers, the younger.

    • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
    Reference
    22596i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.

    • S., Z.
    Reference
    22467i
    • Pictures
  • A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.

    • Dawe, Philip.
    Date
    Sep.r 3 1772
    Reference
    35493i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A surgeon (whose features resemble a monkey's) is treating the foot of an elderly man, his concerned wife observes the scene and an assistant enters the room with a bowl. Lithograph by R. Beltran after J. de Madrazo after D. Teniers the younger.

    • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
    Date
    [between 1800 and 1899]
    Reference
    22602i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.

    • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
    Date
    1747
    Reference
    22583i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Register of Edinburgh apprentices, 1701-1755 / edited by Charles B. Boog Watson.

    • Boog Watson, Charles B., 1859-1947.
    Date
    1929
    • Books
  • A surgeon about to bleed a woman's foot, he is observed by an older surgeon and aided by an assistant, another woman comforts the patient. Engraving, 1586.

    Date
    [1586]
    Reference
    22977i
    • Pictures
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants. Coloured engraving.

    • Mynde, James, 1702-1771.
    Reference
    22847i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with five other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749, after L. Heister.

    • Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758.
    Date
    [1749]
    Reference
    22834i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Apprenticeship gleanings / by J.G.L. Burnby.

    • Burnby, Juanita (Juanita G. L.)
    Date
    1985
    • Books
  • An older surgeon instructing a younger surgeon on how to bleed a male patient's arm. Engraving, 1586.

    Date
    [1586]
    Reference
    22972i
    • Pictures
  • A surgeon bleeding a man's arm, he is observed by an older surgeon and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.

    Date
    [1586]
    Reference
    22974i
    • Pictures
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.

    Date
    [1738]
    Reference
    22371i
    • Pictures
  • A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar amidst a busy workshop. Etching by W. Unger after D. Teniers, the younger.

    • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
    Reference
    22595i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An interior of a stylish pharmacy with the pharmacist serving a customer and an apprentice at work with the pestle and mortar. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1825.

    • Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.
    Date
    14 October 1825
    Reference
    16392i
    • Pictures
  • A general description of all trades, digested in alphabetical order: by which parents, guardians, and trustees, may, with greater ease and certainty, make choice of trades agreeable to the capacity, education, inclination, strength, and fortune of the youth under their care. Containing, I. How many Branches each is divided into. II. How far populous, or necessary. III. Which they require most, Learning, Art, or Labour. IV. What is commonly given with an Apprentice to each. V. Hours of Working, and other Customs usual among them. VI. Their Wages, and how much may be earned by, or is commonly given to, Journey-Men. Vii. What Money is necessary to set up a Person in each. Viii. Which are incorporated Companies, with the Time of their Incorporation, Livery-Fine, Situation of their Hall, Court-Day, Description of their Arms, Mottos, &c. To which is prefixed, an essay on divinity, law, and physic.

    Date
    MDCCXLVII. [1747]
    • Books
    • Online
  • A surgeon about to let blood from a woman patient in a richly furnished room. Engraving by A. Bosse.

    • Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.
    Date
    [between 1600 and 1699]
    Reference
    22992i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A pharmacist and his apprentice - the apprentice points out that a customer can't be taking his medicine because he is getting better quickly. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    Date
    [c. 1840]
    Reference
    16121i
    Part of
    Notions of the agreeable
    • Pictures
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with ten other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by R. Parr.

    • Parr, Remi, 1723-
    Date
    1743
    Reference
    22798i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.

    Date
    [1586]
    Reference
    22975i
    • Pictures
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