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A horrific collection 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 the middle, a woman with one exposed breast has a pair of amulets dangled before her eyes by a friar. The setting is a hospital of the grandest kind.
Title
A 'Theatre' of Medicine and Surgery
Date
1800 (?)
Medium
watercolour, pencil, pen & grey ink on paper
Measurements
H 29.5 x W 43.2 cm
Accession number
537679i
Acquisition method
purchased by the Wellcome Library at Sotheby's, 2001
Work type
Watercolour
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England
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