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The Medical Alchemist

  • 1700s

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A physician wearing the traditional physician's cap conducts a urinoscopy on the flask he holds. A woman is seated beside him, waiting for the results. In the foreground the alchemist's assistant is tending to a furnace with a distillation in progress. On the floor is a mortar and pestle, books, glassware, and a manuscript with alchemical symbols. The room is lit by a large open window and draped with a dramatic curtain at right.

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  • 32.9 cm H x 23.7 cm W
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Janneck, Franz Christoph. The Medical Alchemist. Oil paint (paint), metal, 1700–1799. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/12579s91d.

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