A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

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

A surgeon treating a male patient's leg. Engraving.

A surgeon supervising two groups of people pulling in opposite directions in order to cure a man with a shoulder dislocation. Pen drawing.

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Etching by C. Visscher after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Line engraving by F.A. Schröder after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon operating on a man's head. Engraving by H. Bary, 1658, after F. Verwilt.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

1 print : lithograph ; image 24.2 x 30.3 cm

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

1 print : line engraving ; image 13.7 x 17.3 cm

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A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Line engraving by F.A. Schröder after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.

Patients - History

Images from the collections

Images about Patients - History

Works from the collections

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Line engraving by F.A. Schröder after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.

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