An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after D. Teniers, the younger.

A physician in traditional costume holding an ointment jar is supervising an apprentice who is mixing a concoction in a pot over a fire, Germany 1500. Heliotype.

A physician and two assistants attending a plague patient. Lithographic reproduction of a woodcut.

An old physician is taking a young woman's pulse and pointing to her heart, implying that she is suffering from lovesickness, the physicians' assistant is grinning and mixing a concoction. Engraving by I.S. Helman, 1775, after J.B. Leprince, 1773.

A physician reading a recipe instructs his assistant who is mixing with a pestle and mortar. Engraving after a twelfth century manuscript.

A physician lecturing to students about uroscopy, he points to a flask held by an assistant. Heliotype.

Rhazes (Rāzī), a physician, examines a kneeling boy who has his mouth wide open, they are in a surgery full of equipment. Colour process print after H. Behzad.

Three 17th-century physicians with an assistant who carries a large clyster. Watercolour by E. Durandeau, 1876.

A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A physician examining a urine flask of a scantily dressed attractive woman who is in bed surrounded by her mother, lover and servant. Engraving by A.F. David after J.B. Leprince.

1 print : mezzotint ; image and text 30.4 x 41.9 cm

1 painting : watercolour, with crayon and pencil

1 process print : lithographic reproduction, with tint plate ; image 34.2 x 24.9 cm

1 print : mezzotint ; image and text 24.4 x 34.6 cm

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 28.1 x 34.5 cm

A physician examining a urine specimen, his young assistant is holding a large flask, in the distance is the patient with her mother. Engraving by J. Le Veau after M. Bilcoq.

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Physicians' assistants

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An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after D. Teniers, the younger.

Three 17th-century physicians with an assistant who carries a large clyster. Watercolour by E. Durandeau, 1876.

A physician and two assistants attending a plague patient. Lithographic reproduction of a woodcut.

A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A physician examining a urine specimen, his young assistant is holding a large flask, in the distance is the patient with her mother. Engraving by J. Le Veau after M. Bilcoq.

Physicians' assistants

Images from the collections

Images referencing Physicians' assistants

Works from the collections

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after D. Teniers, the younger.

Three 17th-century physicians with an assistant who carries a large clyster. Watercolour by E. Durandeau, 1876.

A physician and two assistants attending a plague patient. Lithographic reproduction of a woodcut.

A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A physician examining a urine specimen, his young assistant is holding a large flask, in the distance is the patient with her mother. Engraving by J. Le Veau after M. Bilcoq.

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