The physician as God The four forms of the physician (series title), In the center the figure of Christ studying a bottle of urine. The instruments of medicine surround him. In the background the interior of a residential house. On the left, a physician is called to a sick patient. He examines him on the right. When someone is sick, a physician is considered a god who can heal anything. The print has a Latin, German and Dutch caption and is part of a four-part series about the guise of the doctor, God the Father, examination of urine, physician, doctor, medicine, medical science, healing or sick person, patient, sick person, sick-bed, medical science (tools, instruments, laboratory equipment, scientific research), Johann Gelle (mentioned on object), 1609, paper, engraving, h 291 mm × w 368 mm h 291 mm × w 370 mm
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