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A Physician and a Surgeon Attending to a Woman Patient

Image credit: Wellcome Collection

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A woman patient, deathly pale, sits on a chair, left. Behind her, a physician, bewigged, leans over her to take the pulse of her left hand with his left hand. Her left foot is placed in a tub of water and a young surgeon, kneeling on the right, lets blood from her left foot while holding a tourniquet around her ankle. There are conspicuous signs of wealth: the woman sits on a Goanese chair, an oriental carpet covers the floor, and silken drapes hang over her bed.

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

A Physician and a Surgeon Attending to a Woman Patient

Date

c.1700 (?)

Medium

oil on wood

Measurements

H 33.2 x W 40.7 cm

Accession number

44718i

Acquisition method

purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Naiveu fec

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