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Female patients in early modern Britain : gender, diagnosis, and treatment / by Wendy D. Churchill.
Churchill, Wendy D.Date: 2012
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A physician examining a urine specimen, his young assistant is holding a large flask, in the distance is the patient with her mother. Engraving by J. Le Veau after M. Bilcoq.
Marie Marc Antoine BilcoqReference: 21784i
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A woman in bed about to be cupped by a surgeon for love-sickness. Gouache, ca. 1700.
Date: 1700Reference: 2818721i
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A gynaecological operation. Colour lithograph by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.
Powell, Virginia.Date: [1995?]Reference: 40686i
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A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 17780i
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Death as an apothecary's assistant making up medicines with a mortar and pestle for the apothecary attending a female patient who sits by the fireside. Watercolour by T. Rowlandson or one of his followers.
Thomas RowlandsonReference: 20131i
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A physician examining a urine specimen while referring to a book. Etching by J. Lasinio after D. Teniers, the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 21731i
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A girl (Akae) with a tumour over her right eye. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.
Lam QuaDate: [183?-?]Reference: 679510i
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A gynaecologist strokes his long red beard. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
Josef, Carl, 1877-Reference: 17880i
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A surgeon about to let blood from a woman patient in a richly furnished room. Engraving by A. Bosse.
Abraham BosseDate: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 22992i
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An operation to collect eggs from a woman for in vitro fertilisation. Lithograph by Virginia Powell, 1997.
Powell, Virginia.Date: 1997Reference: 42240i
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A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
Emilio Casals y CampsDate: [1882?]Reference: 44588i
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Medicina vs mujeres : la literatura médica sobre clorosis, siglos XVII-XX : ¿ciencia o propaganda? / Juan L. Carrillo, Encarnación Bernal, Juan L. Carrillo-Linares.
Carrillo, Juan L.Date: 2010
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A young lady reclining, being attended by a physician. Lithograph.
Date: [1835?]Reference: 535658i
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Mrs Broadbent, afflicted with breast cancer. Watercolours, 1840-1841.
Date: [1840-1841]Reference: 665376i
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A surgeon attending to a woman's arm in a street, with soldiers behind. Lithograph by A. Raffet.
Reference: 22998i
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A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
Reference: 22304i
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A woman with a tumour in her right breast which is expanding over her trunk. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.
Lam QuaDate: [183?-?]Reference: 643389i
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A surgeon holding a naked female patient while trying to push away death, represented as a skeleton. Soft-ground etching by I. Saliger.
Saliger, Ivo, 1894-1986.Date: [1920]Reference: 23993i
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A woman with a pendent tumour over her right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.
Lam QuaDate: [183?-?]Reference: 643387i
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Left, a lady looking at her face in a mirror (?); right, the lady receiving treatment to her mouth from a surgeon. Pen drawing, ca. 1820.
Date: [1820?]Reference: 643304i
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Mrs John Webb, being nursed when sick in bed with "a dead palsey, and ... convulsion in the nerves", before being cured by Sir William Read. Engraving by M. Burghers, ca. 1700.
Michael BurghersDate: [1700?]Reference: 563328i
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A surgeon bleeding a woman patient's arm, he is assisted by two attendants. Engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.
Mainoto, Pietro.Reference: 22960i
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A man diagnosing from a woman's urine with the aid of a book by Galen. Oil painting.
Reference: 47330i
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A physician informing a young woman and her mother that she is pregnant, a servant is listening at the door. Engraving by T. Holloway.
Reference: 21798i

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Female patients in early modern Britain : gender, diagnosis, and treatment / by Wendy D. Churchill.

A physician examining a urine specimen, his young assistant is holding a large flask, in the distance is the patient with her mother. Engraving by J. Le Veau after M. Bilcoq.

A woman in bed about to be cupped by a surgeon for love-sickness. Gouache, ca. 1700.

A gynaecological operation. Colour lithograph by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.

Death as an apothecary's assistant making up medicines with a mortar and pestle for the apothecary attending a female patient who sits by the fireside. Watercolour by T. Rowlandson or one of his followers.

A physician examining a urine specimen while referring to a book. Etching by J. Lasinio after D. Teniers, the younger.

A girl (Akae) with a tumour over her right eye. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.

A gynaecologist strokes his long red beard. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.

A surgeon about to let blood from a woman patient in a richly furnished room. Engraving by A. Bosse.

An operation to collect eggs from a woman for in vitro fertilisation. Lithograph by Virginia Powell, 1997.

A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.

Medicina vs mujeres : la literatura médica sobre clorosis, siglos XVII-XX : ¿ciencia o propaganda? / Juan L. Carrillo, Encarnación Bernal, Juan L. Carrillo-Linares.

A young lady reclining, being attended by a physician. Lithograph.

Mrs Broadbent, afflicted with breast cancer. Watercolours, 1840-1841.

A surgeon attending to a woman's arm in a street, with soldiers behind. Lithograph by A. Raffet.

A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.

A woman with a tumour in her right breast which is expanding over her trunk. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.

A surgeon holding a naked female patient while trying to push away death, represented as a skeleton. Soft-ground etching by I. Saliger.

A woman with a pendent tumour over her right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.

Left, a lady looking at her face in a mirror (?); right, the lady receiving treatment to her mouth from a surgeon. Pen drawing, ca. 1820.

Mrs John Webb, being nursed when sick in bed with "a dead palsey, and ... convulsion in the nerves", before being cured by Sir William Read. Engraving by M. Burghers, ca. 1700.

A surgeon bleeding a woman patient's arm, he is assisted by two attendants. Engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.

A man diagnosing from a woman's urine with the aid of a book by Galen. Oil painting.

A physician informing a young woman and her mother that she is pregnant, a servant is listening at the door. Engraving by T. Holloway.