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Surgeons - Malpractice

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  • A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A surgeon loses his wedding ring inside the body of a female patient. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Evil doctors maltreating a patient. Etching by James Ensor, 1895.
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    Evil doctors maltreating a patient. Etching by James Ensor, 1895.

    Ensor, James, 1860-1949. | Date: 1895 | Reference: 12011i
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    A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

    Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945. | Date: 22 March 1902 | Reference: 17094i
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    Advertisement for film "Hinter der Maske". Colour lithograph, 1960.

    | Date: [1960?] | Reference: 573230i
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    Civil malpractice: a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : With chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / By Milo A. McClelland.

    McClelland, M. A. | Date: 1877
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    Advertisement for film "Hinter der Maske". Colour lithograph after Klemke, 1960.

    Klemke (Graphic designer), active approximately 1960. | Date: 1960?] | Reference: 573663i
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