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Instruments for opening suppurated tonsils. Figure 1, from Laurence Heister, Medical, Chirurgical, and Anatomical Cases and Observations. London (J. Reeves) 1755

Author Related author Laurens Heister German
1755
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  • Title: Instruments for opening suppurated tonsils. Figure 1, from Laurence Heister, Medical, Chirurgical, and Anatomical Cases and Observations. London (J. Reeves) 1755
  • Artist: Johann Sebastian Müller (German, Nuremberg 1715–1790 London)
  • Author: Related author Laurens Heister (German, 1683–1758)
  • Date: 1755
  • Medium: Etching
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.587
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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