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Bile

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  • The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.
  • Tobit is cured of his blindness. Etching after G. Zocchi.
  • Tobias curing the blindness of Tobit, with Anna and Raphael. Oil painting after G. Zocchi.
  • Tobit anointing his father's eyes with the gall of a fish to cure his blindness. Red chalk drawing by B. Picart, 1725, after A. Carracci.

Catalogue

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    At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

    | Reference: 20895i
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    A tract on the biliary complaints of Europeans in hot climates; founded on observations in Bengal / By Adam Burt.

    Burt, Adam. | Date: 1785
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    Research into the chemical processes in the small intestine of man / by Allan Macfadyen, M.D. Ed., M. Nencki, M.D., and N. Sieber, M.D.

    Macfayden, Allan, 1860-1907 | Date: [1891?]
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    A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver;together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions. By William Saunders / [William Saunders].

    Saunders, William, 1743-1817. | Date: 1797
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    Dissertatio physiologico-medica inauguralis de cholepoiesi ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Janus Outman van Aalst.

    Aalst, Janus Outman van. | Date: 1758
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