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  • Tags: amputation

nlm_nlmuid-101394160-img.tiff
1 print : 54 x 44 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1967.
Technique:
aquatint and etching

note: the gender ambiguity of the 'demons'

surgical caricature.jpg
An horrific omnium gatherum of the "heroic" medical and surgical treatments typical of establishment medicine around the time of the French Revolution. Two amputations are taking place. A friar holds a crucifix before the patient on the right. Near…
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