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Interior with a surgeon and his apprentice attending to a patient. Oil painting by Jan Josef Horemans, 1722.

A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.

An pharmacist's apprentice mixing up a prescription. Coloured wood engraving by Stypułkowski after J.J. Grandville.

A surgeon amputating a grimacing patient's leg who is being held in a particular position by two attendants, the operation is near completion. Engraving, 1738.

An apothecary making up a prescription using scales, his wife holds a recipe for him and two assistants are working with the bellows and pestle and mortar. Line engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.

A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.

Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Rivoulon.

A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.

La formation par l'apprentissage : éléments de psychopédagogie / par Jacques Leplat ; Claude Énard ; Annie Weill-Fassina.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Alexander the Great being mocked by the apprentices in the studio of Apelles. Etching by Salvator Rosa.

Interior of a pharmacy, the pharmacist and his apprentice at work. Engraving.

A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.

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La formation par l'apprentissage : éléments de psychopédagogie / par Jacques Leplat ; Claude Énard ; Annie Weill-Fassina.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Alexander the Great being mocked by the apprentices in the studio of Apelles. Etching by Salvator Rosa.

Interior of a pharmacy, the pharmacist and his apprentice at work. Engraving.

A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.