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The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 532358i
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Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.
Date: [1650?]Reference: 567446i
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Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.
Johnston-Saint, Peter, 1886-Date: 1929Reference: 576671i
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The Middlesex Hospital, London: in the foreground a patient is helped from his sickbed towards his welcoming family by a surgeon and his assistant. Etching after A. Mills.
Mills, Alfred, 1776-1833.Reference: 39168i
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The London Hospital, Whitechapel. Engraving, 1758.
Reference: 39432i
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Joseph von Berres. Lithograph by J. Kriehuber, 1833.
Kriehuber, Josef, 1800-1876.Date: 1833Reference: 1046i
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Caspar Neumann. Line engraving by J.G. Wolffgang, 1734, after A. Pesne.
Pesne, Antoine, 1683-1757.Date: 1734Reference: 601030i
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World War II: Soviet prisoners of war receiving a medical examination by a medical officer of the German army, 1941/1945. Drawing, ca. 1945.
Weber, Andreas Paul, 1893-1980.Date: [1945?]Reference: 32610i
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A young woman as Hygieia (Health). Stipple engraving by C. Taylor, 1789, after S. Shelley.
Shelley, Samuel, approximately 1750-1808.Date: Feb.y 1 1789Reference: 23846i
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A woman weeping at the tomb of John Alderson, physician. Wood engraving by J. Greenwood, ca. 1829.
Greenwood, J.Date: [1829?]Reference: 590011i
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Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.
Prey, Johannes Zacharias Simon, 1749-1822.Date: 17 7/16 91 [i.e. 16 July 1791]Reference: 466059i
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Achievement of arms of Joseph Lister, Baron Lister. Watercolour.
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Giuseppe Maria Saverio Bertini. Etching, 1752, after A. Selvi.
Selvi, A.Date: 1752Reference: 1060i
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A doctor (Melchior Sebisch the younger?) seated holding the staff of Aesculapius; a dog, a cockerel, an owl and a dragon next to him. Engraving, 1661.
Date: 1661Reference: 567735i
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A medallion of the head Aesculapius (?) in profile, with the staff of Aesculapius. Drawing.
Reference: 566805i
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Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926.
Grosse Ausstellung Düsseldorf für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen (1926 : Düsseldorf, Germany)Date: 1926Reference: 659754i
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Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 26069i
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A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.
Ricci, Ulysses Anthony, 1888-1960.Reference: 26082i
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Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.
Date: [Italia [Italy]]Reference: 44820i
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Sunshine passes from a 1-Pfennig coin on to the staff of Aesculapius; representing the charity Stiftung Pfennigparade's work to advance medical care of children with poliomyelitis. Colour lithograph by Blasius Spreng, 1950.
Spreng, Blasius, 1913-Date: 1950Reference: 5111i
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A sick man reclining on a couch, men gathering plants to cure him; a man holding a staff of Aesculapius in the background. Engraving, 1709.
Date: 1709Reference: 567829i
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A palatial building representing the Academia Caesareo-Leopoldina Naturae Curiosorum, surmounted by a coat of arms; two seated figures in the foreground. Engraving by J.G. Pintz, 17--.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 567632i
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Above, portrait of Daniel Sennert in a roundel; centre, a man representing Experience holds the staff of Aesculapius and a lily, while a woman representing Reason holds a balance and a torch; below, Hippocrates and Hermes shake hands, representing the union of herbal and chemical medicine. Engraving by M. Merian, ca. 1631.
Date: [1631]Reference: 567448i
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A bedridden girl dies of smallpox, mourned by three people, in a roundel. Etching by P. Adam after A. Devéria, 1824.
Devéria, Achille, 1800-1857.Date: 1824Reference: 560165i
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Isola Tiberina, Rome: a section of the travertine ship built under the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [1756?]Reference: 2008575i

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The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.

Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.

Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.

The Middlesex Hospital, London: in the foreground a patient is helped from his sickbed towards his welcoming family by a surgeon and his assistant. Etching after A. Mills.

The London Hospital, Whitechapel. Engraving, 1758.

Joseph von Berres. Lithograph by J. Kriehuber, 1833.

Caspar Neumann. Line engraving by J.G. Wolffgang, 1734, after A. Pesne.

World War II: Soviet prisoners of war receiving a medical examination by a medical officer of the German army, 1941/1945. Drawing, ca. 1945.

A young woman as Hygieia (Health). Stipple engraving by C. Taylor, 1789, after S. Shelley.

A woman weeping at the tomb of John Alderson, physician. Wood engraving by J. Greenwood, ca. 1829.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.

Achievement of arms of Joseph Lister, Baron Lister. Watercolour.

Giuseppe Maria Saverio Bertini. Etching, 1752, after A. Selvi.

A doctor (Melchior Sebisch the younger?) seated holding the staff of Aesculapius; a dog, a cockerel, an owl and a dragon next to him. Engraving, 1661.

A medallion of the head Aesculapius (?) in profile, with the staff of Aesculapius. Drawing.

Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926.

Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.

A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.

Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.

Sunshine passes from a 1-Pfennig coin on to the staff of Aesculapius; representing the charity Stiftung Pfennigparade's work to advance medical care of children with poliomyelitis. Colour lithograph by Blasius Spreng, 1950.

A sick man reclining on a couch, men gathering plants to cure him; a man holding a staff of Aesculapius in the background. Engraving, 1709.

A palatial building representing the Academia Caesareo-Leopoldina Naturae Curiosorum, surmounted by a coat of arms; two seated figures in the foreground. Engraving by J.G. Pintz, 17--.

A bedridden girl dies of smallpox, mourned by three people, in a roundel. Etching by P. Adam after A. Devéria, 1824.

Isola Tiberina, Rome: a section of the travertine ship built under the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.