Medicine against syphilis, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of), c. 1589 - c. 1593 Canvas Print

Medicine against syphilis, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of), c. 1589 - c. 1593 Canvas Print

Brewing and administering a drug against syphilis Right, the strain of the American medicinal plant Guaiacum is chopped to pieces by a servant. Other servants make a drug from the pieces of bark. On the left a bedroom where the drug is administered to a patient by a doctor. A painting on the wall shows a brothel, a reference to the debauchery that lies at the origin of syphilis. The print is part of a 19-part series on new inventions and discoveries.

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