Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin II (1638-1694).

Lettering: Inscriptions on the surgical equipment which forms the costume of the surgeon are as follows. On the instrument on his head: Eleuatoire po' la Teste. On his right arm: Bec de Corbin. On the instrument in his right hand: Miroir Matrical ou Uterin. On the trusses hanging round his right arm: Bandages por Rupt[ure]. On the instrument on his left shoulder: Dauiez. On the toothed forceps below that instrument: Tenette. On the tourniquets hanging from his left arm: Ligature. On the instrument in his left hand: Miroir po' la [Bouche] Inscriptions on the pharmaceutical equipment which forms the costume of the apothecary are as follows. On the alembic on his head: Alambic. On his chest, two bags inscribed Hle de lys [Huile de lys] and Hle de Laurier [Huile de Laurier]. On the jar forming is left arm, Vng. Rosatu [Unguentum rosatum]. Above the cup held in his left hand, Medecine. On two of the flasks forming his midriff, Ceral. and Vng. [Caeruleum unguentum]. Around his pelvis, five flasks of which the front one is lettered B. Raisin. On his left hip: H dambre [Huile d'ambre]. Of the mortars which make up his thighs, the one on the right thigh is inscribed Creme de tartre; the mortar on the left thigh is inscribed Scamonée. Of the small flasks which form his knees, the one in the centre of his right knee is inscribed Sirop de Mon; the one in the centre of his left knee is inscribed Sirop de Capillaire. His shins are formed of drug-jars inscribed Album Rasis (right shin) and Popholigos. The lettering on each figure is transcribed as follows, with the aid of the lettering on the corresponding engravings by Larmessin where the painted ones are indistinct. The physician emits commands which are represented as thunder and lightening issuing from his mouth: Lauemens [clysters] ; Saignées [bloodletting] ; Ventouzes [cupping] ; Purgations [laxatives] ; Iuleps (juleps, similar to syrups) ; Emétiques [emetics]. His collar is formed by an open book inscribed: Auicenne [Avicenna]. On his right arm is a book inscribed: Hipocrate [Hippocrates]. On his left arm is a book inscribed: Galien [Galen]. Four horizontal bands around his tunic, where fur bands would be on academic dress, are lettered with the names of authors of scholarly books. On the topmost band, P. Æginette [Paul of Aegina] ; Rhasis [Rhazes]. On the second band, Auerrois [Averroes] ; Auenzoar [Avenzoar] ; Rabby Moyse [Moses Maimonides]. On the third band: Azaram [not identified] ; Rodoan [Ali ibn Riwan] ; Aliabbas [Haly Abbas, `Ali ibn al-`Abbas Majusi] ; Musue [Mesue, Yuanna Ibn Masawayh] ; Dyn [presumably an Arabic name including al-Din, not identified]. On the fourth and bottom band: Gordon [Bernard of Gordon] ; Arnaud [Arnold of Villanova] ; Joubert [presumably Laurent Joubert]. On the table on the left, items inscribed as follows: Urine graueleuse ; Urinal ; Bille Eschaufée; Ordonnance / Senné / Casse / Tamarin / Rheubarbe / Manne.