[Demonstration of surgical procedure]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Publication:
- 1660?
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Genre(s):
- Pictorial Works
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Related Title(s):
- Is part of: Anatomical demostration cards.; See related catalog record: 101520602
- Extent:
- 1 painting on laid paper (1 sheet) : 23 x 16 cm.
- Technique:
- gouache, color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101557690 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- C06200
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101557690