Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, c. 1660.
The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, c. 1660.
Wellcome Collection

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, c. 1660.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Operateur cephalique. Vous pauvres malheureux que l'esprit lunatique/ Des femmes d'apresent fait toujours enrager;/ Et qui ne croyez pas les voir jamais changer/ Amenez les icy dedans nostre boutique ...

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