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Saints Cosmas and Damian practised medicine and surgery without payment according to their legend, and were therefore represented to the lay public as medical ideals. This painting shows one of the saints using a bullet extractor to remove a foreign body from a man's chest, and the other one assisting with prayer. On the table is a travelling case of surgical instruments with a lid that flips open, and to the right of it a round box partitioned to hold different ointments used in surgery.
Title
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Dressing a Chest Wound
Date
1748
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 85.7 x W 119.5 cm
Accession number
44856i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
A. Favray 1748
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England
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