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A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.

An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.

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.

A cayman basking on an island surrounded by swamp. Coloured lithograph after C. B. Brown.

A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a seated patient amidst paraphernalia relating to his profession. Pencil drawing attributed to D. Teniers II.

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

An apothecary mixing a concoction in his working room surrounded by the paraphernalia of his profession. Wood engraving by A. Bellenger after H.S. Marks.

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.

A cayman and its young emerging from an egg. Engraving, ca. 1778.

James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.

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Alligators

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A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a seated patient amidst paraphernalia relating to his profession. Pencil drawing attributed to D. Teniers II.

An apothecary mixing a concoction in his working room surrounded by the paraphernalia of his profession. Wood engraving by A. Bellenger after H.S. Marks.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.

Alligators

Images from the collections

Images referencing Alligators

Works from the collections

A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a seated patient amidst paraphernalia relating to his profession. Pencil drawing attributed to D. Teniers II.

An apothecary mixing a concoction in his working room surrounded by the paraphernalia of his profession. Wood engraving by A. Bellenger after H.S. Marks.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.

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