Patients and Invalids


Patients, invalids, sick people



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The visit of the doctor. Fresco; 17th century CE.
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The visit of the doctor. Fresco; 17th century CE.

The doctor is of no avail when confronted by Death.
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The doctor is of no avail when confronted by Death.

The amputation.
Etching; 1793.
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The amputation. Etching; 1793.

An operation at the Military Hospital, Endell Street, London.
Canvas; 1920/21.
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An operation at the Military Hospital, Endell Street, London. Canvas; 1920/21.

Amphiaraios, the physician, treats the shoulder of a   
young man. The same young man on a bed, while a snake  
licks his shoulder. Votiv  relief offered by Archinos  
to Amphiaraios,to whom god-like honours were given for 
his oracles and cures.  49 x 54.5 cm    Inv. 3369
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Amphiaraios, the physician, treats the shoulder of a young man. The same youn...

Doctor bleeding a patient.                             
Red-figured arybalos (5th BCE),                        
called the Peytel Arybalos.                            
Height 8.5 cm                                          
CA 2138
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Doctor bleeding a patient. Red-figured arybalos (5t...

Asklepios and Hygiea before their faithful followers.  
Votive stone relief (end 4th BCE)                      
from Greece.                                           
Ma 755
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Asklepios and Hygiea before their faithful followers. Votive stone relief (end...

Women at the Healing Waters.                           
Relief from the pedestal of a monument.                
Saint-Fontaine near Merlebach, France.
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Women at the Healing Waters. Relief from the pedestal...

Child lying on a bed.                                  
Lid of a sarcophagus                                   
Cat. 404                                               
Inv. 61 586
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Child lying on a bed. Lid of a sarcophagus...

Christ heals the paralytic. Relief                     
(3rd CE) on an early Christian sarcophagus             
from Via della Lungara, Rome.                          
Cat. 40
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Christ heals the paralytic. Relief (3rd CE) on an early Chr...

"Sarcophagus of the Trees". Center: orante (praying    
woman), from l. to r.: miracles with the Virga (baton):
the son of the widow of Nain, the sanguinolent         
woman, multiplication of breads, healing of the blind, 
the paralytic. Marble, around 375 CE,Inv.FAN 92.00.498
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"Sarcophagus of the Trees". Center: orante (praying woman), from l. to r.: m...

The Centurion whose servant is cured.                  
Detail from a column of the ciborium.                  
Alabaster high-relief, probably Syriac
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The Centurion whose servant is cured. Detail from a column of...