Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
[Demonstration of surgical procedure]
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Publication Information:
1660?
Publication Country:
Netherlands
Appears In:
Anatomical demostration cards.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
C06200
Physical Description:
1 painting on laid paper (1 sheet) : gouache, color ; 23 x 16 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Interior scene set within an arch flanked by Corinthian colums: a woman in classical clothing holds a scalpel in one hand and, with the other hand, gestures to a a patient lying before her on a table. The patient is a nude female who lies on her back. In the bakground are book-lines cases and an open window. Surmounting the scene is a medallion. On the left is a skeleton seated on a beehive and holding a shovel. To the right is a jar containing a fetus (?); the jar rests on a table covered with a red cloth. Within the medallion are two men; around each of their heads is a halo (?). Above the mediallion is a crown.
Note (General):
Plate numbered "I" of a set of twenty-seven numbered hand-painted anatomical and surgical cards. Unknown creator, place of creation, and date, but plate numbered 27 is taken from 1665 edition of Glisson's Anatomia Hepatis printed in Amsterdam, thus placing the set's provenance as most likely Dutch from the late 1660's.
Note (General):
Stored in a pull-off box.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
MS B 1074 (Plate I)
Record UI:
101557690

[Demonstration of surgical procedure]

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