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A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Mezzotint by J. van der Bruggen after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 21118i
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A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 21106i
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A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
Maton, Bartholomaeus, 1643 or 1646-Date: 1787Reference: 21154i- Books
Faces from the front : Harold Gillies, The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery / Andrew Bamji.
Bamji, AndrewDate: 2017
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 21085i