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A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.Date: [1542?]Reference: 23028i
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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.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 21786i
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A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
James, Abraham., active 1800-1802.Date: 1 October 1800Reference: 18134i- Pictures
A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book Engraving by J.B. Tardieu after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 20508i
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A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.
Date: 1 September 1806Reference: 26261i