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Patients sleeping in the temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

Aesculapius. Engraving by I. Wagner after Antonio Maria (Girolamo) Zanetti and Antonio Maria (Alessandro) Zanetti.

Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.

Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.

Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.

The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.

Aesculapius, representing medicine, receives homage from putti who bring him symbols of botany, natural history, chemistry and anatomy. Engraving by A. Nunzer, 1748.

A statue of a physician as Aesculapius whose shadow forms the shape of a donkey. Pen drawing by Gay-again, 1831.

Aesculapius. Etching by V. Dague after Vauthier.

A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.

Aesculapius: the Greek god of healing: his head in bas-relief on a marble soda fountain in use in the Baildon & Son pharmacy, Edinburgh. Photograph by Francis Caird Inglis, 1920/1935, of a sculpture, 1860.

Aesculapius. Engraving by G. Dala after G. Busato.

The temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus: cross-section showing the statue of the deity. Watercolour by G.M. Goring and E. Kenna, 1911, after A. Defrasse.

Antonius Musa as Aesculapius (?). Line engraving by I. Bonaiuti after G.B. Borani.

Twenty portraits of orators and physicians. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

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Aesculapius

Images from the collections

Images about Aesculapius

Works from the collections

Aesculapius. Engraving by G. Dala after G. Busato.

The temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus: cross-section showing the statue of the deity. Watercolour by G.M. Goring and E. Kenna, 1911, after A. Defrasse.

Antonius Musa as Aesculapius (?). Line engraving by I. Bonaiuti after G.B. Borani.

Twenty portraits of orators and physicians. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

Aesculapius

Images from the collections

Images about Aesculapius

Works from the collections

Aesculapius. Engraving by G. Dala after G. Busato.

The temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus: cross-section showing the statue of the deity. Watercolour by G.M. Goring and E. Kenna, 1911, after A. Defrasse.

Antonius Musa as Aesculapius (?). Line engraving by I. Bonaiuti after G.B. Borani.

Twenty portraits of orators and physicians. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

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