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.

 

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

 

NLM Image ID:

C06200

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101557690