M0002912: A quack doctor removing stones from a patient's head

Previous title, replaced May 2020: H. Meige, 1932: engraving after van Mieris

Photograph of a half tone print, after an engraving by Franz van Mieris, depicting a charlatan doctor removing stones from his patient's head, with captions in dutch and french underneath. This reproduction was made from Volume 22, Page 61 of the journal Aesculape. Related images: M0002904, M0002905, M0002906, M0002908, M0002909, M0002910, M0002911, M0002902, M0002913, M0002914

26 April 1932

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds copies of Aesculape

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.