A learned physician with a library of Latin books writes a prescription but cannot save his patients from death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.

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The doctor has dipped his quill in an inkpot and has written out a prescription. On the left-hand table there is a lancet resting on a cloth. The poem warns that medicines are a useless defence against death

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1 print : etching ; platemark 27.4 x 20 cm

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Medico. Spesso ne l'altrui uene i ferri ascondo,/ Atti à inasprir più, ch'à curar le piaghe;/ Mà son de falli miei pene le paghe,/ E del sangue primier premio il secondo. ... Lettering continues: Morte. Ne a i semplici, ne a i misti ha il ciel cōcesso./ Forza, ò Virtù di ritardar la morte;/ Onde, pria ch'i tuoi di cangi la sorte,/ Medico attendi à medicar te stesso. [Lettering on books:] ...varia ...e opera ...dini Vessali. Galenus. Avicenna. Pra... Hippoc... G.M. Mitelli. f.

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Wellcome Collection 17895i

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