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

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.

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--.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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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.