A surgeon letting blood from a woman's arm. Oil painting.

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A surgeon letting blood from a woman's arm. Oil painting. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A surgeon letting blood from a woman's arm. Watching are a number of strange figures, including on the right a man with a wooden leg and a midget or child. On the left is the surgeon's apprentice holding the bowl for blood. On the left wall is a coat of arms which bears the date 1665 and the initials JA, surmounted by the coat of arms of the London Barber-Surgeons' Company

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1 painting : oil on wood ; sight c. 27.5 x 83.5 cm

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Wellcome Collection 44582i

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