Physician Collection (page 20)

Nostradamus, 16th century French physician and astrologer, 1725. Portrait of Nostradamus or Michel de Nostredame (1503-1556) who wrote a series of famous but vague prophecies

Le Chirugien de Campagne ( The Country Surgeon ), c1747. Artist: Thomas Major
Le Chirugien de Campagne ( The Country Surgeon ), c1747. Engraving by Thomas Major after David Teniers, showing the interior of a doctors rooms

La Pharmacie Rustique, c1775. Artist: Barthelemi Hubner
La Pharmacie Rustique, c1775. After a painting done in 1774 by G Locher, the composition shows a visit to a country chemist

Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. Artist: Steven van Calcar
Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. He exhibits a partly dissected arm of a taller man. Beside the arm, on the table, are instruments and a piece of text

William Harvey demonstrating to King Charles I his theory of the circulation of the blood, 1851. Artist: H Lemon
William Harvey demonstrating to King Charles I his theory of the circulation of the blood, 1851. The English physician William Harvey MD, FRCP, was attached to St Bartholomews Hospital

Thomas Linacre, MD, 1847. Artist: H Cook
Thomas Linacre, MD, 1847. Portrait of the physician to Henry VIII who founded the Royal College of Physicians in 1518. He was also a classical scholar, a translator from Greek

The Coming Race, 1872. Artist: George du Maurier
The Coming Race, 1872. Cartoon showing the patronising attitude women in the medical profession could expect from male colleagues. From Punch, London, 14 September 1872

Sir Richard Owen, English zoologist, c1860. Artist: DJ Pound
Sir Richard Owen, English zoologist, c1860. Owen studied medicine at Edinburgh and at St Bartholomews and became curator in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons where he produced a fine series

Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist and physician, 16th century. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist, physician and pioneer of medical chemistry, 16th century

Thomas Willis, physician, 1742. Artist: George Vertue
Thomas Willis, physician, 1742. To the left of his portrait are parts of a skull and a diagram of the spine and ribcage. To the right are several books

Daniel Turner, MD, LRCP, physician, 1717. Artist: George Vertue
Daniel Turner, MD, LRCP, physician, 1717. Turner was a physician and member of the Barber-Surgeons Company who published medical works. From the frontispiece of Turners book Syphillis

Roman doctor inspecting eye of a woman, relief on gravestone, from house near Naix, France. Bas-relief, now in National Archaeological Museum, Rome, Italy

The Feast Day of Saint Roch in Venice, ca 1735. Artist: Canaletto (1697-1768)
The Feast Day of Saint Roch in Venice, ca 1735. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Winebago medicine bundles
Winebago Native American medicine bundles that belonged to a medicine man

A German medal depicting Paracelsus, 16th century
A German medal depicting Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 - 24 September 1541) from the British Museums collection

Haida tribe Native American figure of a medicine man
Haida tribe Native North American wooden figure of a shaman prepared for burial. The inscription says: This man was lost in the woods. He fell and broke both legs and was found as represented here

Bust of Apollodorus, 3rd century
Roman bust of a doctor named Apollodorus, 3rd century

Roman relief of a doctor inspecting a youth

A Satire on Physicians, c1708. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
A Satire on Physicians, c1708. Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Egyptian bronze statuette of Imhotep, 27th century BC
Bronze statuette of Imhotep (c. 2650-2600 BC), the architect of Djosers step pyramid at Saqqara. Also a phsyician, he became deified as the son of Ptah, and the Greeks identified him with Asclepius

Roman relief of an oculist at work: a doctor inspecting the eye of a woman. From a Roman home near Naux in France

Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Servants leave the room so that he can speak with his lawyer in privacy. Illustration for Tours of Dr Syntax by William Combe. (London, c1816)

The End of the Feast, c1895. Artist: Martin Anderson
The End of the Feast, c1895. A boy in bed shows his furred tongue to a doctor who feels the boys pulse. On the table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative

Dr Syntax watching his wifes coffin being lowered into the grave, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax watching his wifes coffin being lowered into the grave, 1820. From William Combes Dr Syntax. (London, 1820)

Arm being amputated without anaesthetic, Russo-Turkish War, 1877. Turkish wounded being attended to by the Red Crescent

Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Artist: Spy
Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Smiles (1812-1904) was the author of Self Help. Cartoon from Vanity Fair. (London, 14 January 1882)

Francis Edmund Anstie (1833-1874), English physician, 1874. Anstie died as a result of an infection contracted when he scratched himself while carrying out a postmortem

Antonius de Monte Ulmi (fl1384-1390), Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, 1493. Antonius was physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406), despot of Carrara

Hans Sloane, English physician and naturalist, 1753
Hans Sloane, English physician and naturalist. Sloane (1660-1753) founded the Chelsea Physic Garden. He was Secretary to the Royal Society from 1693-1713 and donated his library of 50

Amputation of a leg without anaesthetic, 1593. A surgeon uses a bow-saw to remove a patients leg blow the knee while his assistant holds the foot

Scenes from the life of Christ, and doctors with patients, c1300. Illuminated miniatures showing incidents from the life of Christ (top row), and below

Syntax Preaching, 1813. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Syntax Preaching, 1813. Dr Syntax preaches from a pulpit with a sounding board over it. The pews are reserved for the moneyed classes (a servant sits outside the pew)

Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa, Arab chemist and alchemist. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Al Jabir) (c721-c815) was court physician to Harun al-Rashid. He is also known as Geber in Latin

Dr Syntax in Danger, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax in Danger, 1820. A physician peers down Syntaxs throat, while a manservant rushes in holding a steaming plate and wooden bucket of cold water

Ole Worm, Danish scholar. Worm (1588-1654) was a physician and a scholar of early Scandinavian and Icelandic languages

Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician. Hippocrates (c460-377 BC) is known as the father of medicine. Portrait bust, from the Louvre, Paris

Gardes-du-Corps de Roi, Medecin-Major, Marechal-Veterinaire and Piqueur, 1820-30 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gardes-du-Corps de Roi, Medecin-Major, Marechal-Veterinaire and Piqueur, 1820-30. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 1

Success in Life, 1867. Artist: George du Maurier
Success in Life, 1867. Role reversal and the modern professional woman. In 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was licensed to practice by the Society of Apothecaries

Charles Bell (1774-1842), Scottish surgeon and anatomist. Bell made several discoveries in the field of neurology. Bells Palsy (a facial paralysis) is named after him

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037), Arab physician and philosopher, 1493. An interpreter of Aristotle to Islam, Avicenna compiled an encyclopaedia of medical knowledge

Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr) (c1072-1162), Arab physician, 1493. A native of Seville, Avenzoar was a noted clinician. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

Doctor, is this for love or duty?, Vintage French postcard, c1900

Paracelsus Aracelsus (1493-1541), Swiss-born German physician and alchemist
Paracelsus Aracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim) (1493-1541), Swiss-born German physician and alchemist. Paracelsus studied at Vienna University before becoming a military surgeon in

Misfortune in the Tulip Hall, c1816. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Misfortune in the Tulip Hall, c1816. Dr Syntax is bitten by a dog and falls over, upsetting some of the potted plants arranged on staging in the conservatory

Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian physician. Limestone relief. Imhotep is shown seated (right) together with surgical instruments (centre) and a birthing chair (left). Imhotep was something of a polymath

Vaccination at the Val de Grace Hospital in Paris, c1900. Artist: Alfred Touchemolin
Vaccination at the Val de Grace Hospital in Paris, c1900. From the Musee du Val de Grace, Paris

Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), Italian botanist, naturalist and physician, 1838. Aldrovandi published illustrated books on fishes, birds and insects

Rutherford Alcock (1809-1897), English army surgeon and diplomat, 1877. During his diplomatic career, Alcock held the posts of Consul in Fuchow (1844), Shanghai (1846)

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