Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An itinerant surgeon extracing stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
An itinerant surgeon extracing stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
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An itinerant surgeon extracing stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.

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Lettering: De keisnijder. ... Theodorus de Brij. ... Barber surgeon operating. From an engraving by Maarten de Vos.

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