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A surgeon applying a plaster with syrup from l'Isle de Candie to a patient's head. Engraving.
Wellcome Collection

A surgeon applying a plaster with syrup from l'Isle de Candie to a patient's head. Engraving.

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Lettering: Le chirurgien. Je ne voy point de malladie qui merite de traitement ce fameux cirop de Candie conserue le temperemment.

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