medicine in art

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,
"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" (1632)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,
"The anatomy lesson of Dr. Joan Deyman" (1656)


Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max "Anatomy" (1869)

Enrique Simonet - La autopsia - 1890 

"The Gross Clinic" by Thomas Eakins (1875)

Cesarean section, Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago

Ophthalmic surgery.
Treatment for lachrimal fistula performed on a nun (1675)

Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease

A series of serious cases of diseases from high social class patients of Leeds, England during 19th century, depicted in paintings and drawings

Mrs Prince, after surgical removal of a breast (1841)

Mrs Bennett, afflicted with a skin disease (1818-1821)

Mr Gledell, suffering from a rodent disease
which has consumed his left nostril (1829)

Miss Mosley, afflicted with breast cancer (1828)