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Medicine, Rural

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  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.
  • A man composed of pharmaceutical equipment wandering the countryside; representing an apothecary as if he were an itinerant. Coloured lithograph.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained by her family. Etching.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
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    A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

    Brouwer, Adriaen, 1605 or 1606-1638. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 22618i
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    A rustic tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing man. a woman looks on. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J. Harris the elder, 1768.

    Harris, John, the elder, -1834. | Date: Published according to Act of Parliament A.D. 1768 | Reference: 16503i
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    Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.

    Locher, Gottfried, 1730-1795. | Date: 1775 | Reference: 16368i
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    A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

    Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean, 1852-1929. | Reference: 21872i
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    A woman doctor bandaging a young woman's hand. Mezzotint, 1787.

    | Date: 10 April 1787 | Reference: 21590i
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