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Concept

Excision (Surgery)

Images

  • Six diagrams illustrating an operation for a prolapsed uterus or procidentia. Pen drawing.
  • A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving after D. Teniers.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast, 1645.
  • Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
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Catalogue

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    A surgeon performing a suprapubic lithotomy on a boy. Lithograph by R. Lemoine, 1899.

    Lemoine, Raoul E., 1853- | Date: 1899 | Reference: 23476i
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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: 1600-1699 | Reference: 21118i
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    Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

    Léveillé, J. B. F. (Jean Baptiste François), 1769-1829. | Date: 1875 | Reference: 23252i
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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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    Two surgeons operating. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Knight, 194-.

    Knight, Alick, 1903-1983. | Date: 1940-1949 | Reference: 23518i
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