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The Iatrochemist

  • 1600s – 1800

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A busy chemical workshop with a man in furred collar and physician’s cap, examines a flask, conducting a medical diagnostic or urinoscopy. He consults an open book while at right a woman and a man await results. In background are a dentist and patient, and three other workers. To far right another man with flask enters a door. Note the celestial globe and hanging reptile.

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Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, acquired by Chester Fisher, prior to 1965 [1]; Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000 (from Fisher Scientific International Inc.).

[1] Chester Fisher died in 1965.
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  • 70.485 in. H x 85.09 in. W
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Bossche, Balthasar van den. The Iatrochemist. Oil paint (paint), canvas (textile material), 1600–1699. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v405sb34p.

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