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  • A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Etching by A.T.J.M. Potémont after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A male patient on a table being held in the lithotomy position by two assistants. Woodcut, 1628.
  • Interior with a surgeon and his apprentice attending to a patient. Oil painting by Jan Josef Horemans, 1722.
  • An interior of a stylish pharmacy with the pharmacist serving a customer and an apprentice at work with the pestle and mortar. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1825.
  • Two surgeons treating two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeons' dishes are hanging from the ceiling. Line engraving by W. Kilian, 1652, after C. Ortz.
  • Alexander the Great being mocked by the apprentices in the studio of Apelles. Etching by Salvator Rosa.
  • An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.
  • Two surgeons treating two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeons' dishes are hanging from the ceiling. Line engraving by W. Kilian, 1652, after C. Ortz.
  • An apothecary in his shop examines the throat of a young female singer, an apprentice takes notes and other patients wait their turn. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after P. Longhi.
  • A surgeon-apothecary bleeding a patient, his servant boy catches the drops. Watercolour.
  • Amputations of arm and leg with diagrams to illustrate how to perform the operations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749.
  • An apothecary's apprentice in a shop mixing up a prescription in a pestle and mortar for a customer. Watercolour attributed to C. Stanfield.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a man's tongue, he is aided by two assistants. Engraving, 1586.
  • An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.
  • An older surgeon instructing a younger surgeon on how to bleed a male patient's arm. Engraving, 1586.
  • An pharmacist's apprentice mixing up a prescription. Coloured wood engraving by Stypułkowski after J.J. Grandville.
  • A surgeon removing a plaster from a man's back, with five people looking on. Oil painting attributed to Adriaen Rombouts, 16--.
  • An pharmacist's apprentice mixing up a prescription. Coloured wood engraving by Stypułkowski after J.J. Grandville.
  • A surgeon applying medicine to a wound in the shoulder of a man in pain. Oil painting by Gerrit Lundens, 1649.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with ten other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by R. Parr.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a woman's foot, he is observed by an older surgeon and aided by an assistant, another woman comforts the patient. Engraving, 1586.
  • A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar amidst a busy workshop. Etching by W. Unger after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A surgeon amputating a grimacing patient's leg who is being held in a particular position by two attendants, the operation is near completion. Engraving, 1738.
  • Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.
  • A surgeon instructing a younger surgeon how to bleed a male patient's foot, a woman is comforting the patient. Engraving, 1586.
  • Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Lithograph by A. Rivoulon, 1851.
  • Interior with a surgeon and his apprentice attending to a patient. Oil painting by Jan Josef Horemans, 1722.