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Plaster (Pharmacy)

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  • A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
  • A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching.
  • A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.
  • A man removing a plaster from his hand. Etching attributed to D. Teniers, the younger.
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    An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

    Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. | Reference: 22033i
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    A man writhes in pain after cutting his hand while shaving a piece of wood with a knife; advertising Salveplast wound dressing. Colour lithograph after F. Pedersen, 195-.

    Pedersen, Fritjof Josef, 1923-2018 | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 667072i
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    A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.

    Fubs, Dickey. | Date: 1828 | Reference: 663319i
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    A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.

    Franchoys, Lucas, 1616-1681. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 45011i
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    A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

    Lingelbach, Johannes, 1622-1674. | Reference: 23009i
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