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History of Medicine

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Black and grey banner for the Francisco Goya Prints website featuring Francisco Goya's signature on the left side and the words Francisco Goya Prints at the National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Reading Room September 20-October 29, 2004.

Gallery

Two children huddle close to their mother as a shrouded figure approaches. A jackass in suit and shoes takes his patient's pulse. Seated figure of a man; full face. Seated figure of a man with a large open book on his lap and an inkpot within reach.

A man sitting with his head down on a desk, has visions of owls and bats flying at him from behind; a large cat lying on the floor has lifted its head as though sensing movement in the air. Men dressed in clerical robes (ecclesiastics of the Spanish Inquisition) attempt to force a clyster on another man who is begging for mercy. Two men are plucking a small winged creature with a human upper torso; a third man sits stoically in the background. Interior view of an eighteenth century military hospital - patients languish in a military hospital.

Last Reviewed: September 11, 2014