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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the removal of her 'folly'(insanity). Line engraving after N. Weydtmans after himself.
Wellcome Collection

An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the removal of her 'folly'(insanity). Line engraving after N. Weydtmans after himself.

Nicolaes Jansz Weijdmans

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Lettering: Loopt loopt met groot verblijden hier salmen twijf van lije snijden. H. Weijdmans inssen et fe.

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