Physicians and surgeons of America (illustrated) : a collection of biographical sketches of the regular medical profession / edited and compiled by Irving A. Watson.

M0016359: Portrait of Robert Gardiner Hill (1811-1878)

An ill man being bled by a surgeon. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

Looking back, 1907-1860 / [John Chiene].

Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.

M0013210: Portrait of Herbert. F. Waterhouse (1864-1931)

A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

Vegemalt : sin alcohol / Laboratorios Dr. Laureano Pequeño.

Interior with a surgeon and his apprentice attending to a patient. Oil painting by Jan Josef Horemans, 1722.

A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.

M0016183: Photograph of Timothy Richards Lewis (1841-1886) seated in an arm chair / M0016184: Portrait of James McNabb Cuningham (1829-1905)

John Hunter, 1728-1793 : exhibition in the foyer of St. George's Hospital Medical School from 11th-31st October 1993 / compiled by Susan Gove and Christine Patel.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

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Surgeons

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Images about Surgeons

Works from the collections

John Hunter, 1728-1793 : exhibition in the foyer of St. George's Hospital Medical School from 11th-31st October 1993 / compiled by Susan Gove and Christine Patel.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

Surgeons

Images from the collections

Images about Surgeons

Works from the collections

John Hunter, 1728-1793 : exhibition in the foyer of St. George's Hospital Medical School from 11th-31st October 1993 / compiled by Susan Gove and Christine Patel.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

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