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  • The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
  • Aesculapius. Engraving by I. Wagner after Antonio Maria (Girolamo) Zanetti and Antonio Maria (Alessandro) Zanetti.
  • Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.
  • Aesculapius, representing medicine, receives homage from putti who bring him symbols of botany, natural history, chemistry and anatomy. Engraving by A. Nunzer, 1748.
  • A statue of a physician as Aesculapius whose shadow forms the shape of a donkey. Pen drawing by Gay-again, 1831.
  • Aesculapius. Etching by V. Dague after Vauthier.
  • A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.
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    Aesculapius. Engraving by G. Dala after G. Busato.

    | Busato, Giovanni, 1806-1886. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 11289i
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    The temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus: cross-section showing the statue of the deity. Watercolour by G.M. Goring and E. Kenna, 1911, after A. Defrasse.

    | Alphonse Defrasse | Reference: 45156i
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    Antonius Musa as Aesculapius (?). Line engraving by I. Bonaiuti after G.B. Borani.

    | Borani, Giovanni Battista, active approximately 1810. | Date: [1810?] | Reference: 7104i
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    Asklepios, medicine, and the politics of healing in fifth-century Greece : between craft and cult / Bronwen L. Wickkiser.

    | Wickkiser, Bronwen Lara, 1969- | Date: 2008
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    Epidauros : das Heiligtum des Asklepios / Text: Theodoros Papadakis ; Aufnahmen: Spyros Meletzis, Helen Papadakis.

    | Papadakēs, Theodōros | Date: 1971
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Related topics

Ancient
Greece
Staff of Aesculapius
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Medicine
Epidaurus (Extinct city)
Medicine - History - To 1500
Snakes
Plants, Medicinal
Death

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