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An engraving of Dr. Schnabel, a plague doctor in Rome, 1656.

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Jusepe de Ribera's 1631 painting of "The Bearded Mother" in the Hospital Tavera in Toledo.

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A doctor analyses a patient's urine in a woodcut from 1492.

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Illustrations of a 19th Century surgical prodedure designed to cure stuttering.

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A Turkish 15th Century illumination showing the cauterisation of leprous skin, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

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