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The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

A woman sitting at an organ; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving, 16--.

A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

Sir Thomas Urquhart. Line engraving by W. Richardson, 1794, after G. Glover, 1646.

Sir Thomas Urquhart. Line engraving by G. Glover, 1646, after himself.

The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1655.

John Woodall. Line engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

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Glover, George, approximately 1618-

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A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1655.

Sir Thomas Urquhart. Line engraving by W. Richardson, 1794, after G. Glover, 1646.

John Woodall. Line engraving by G. Glover, 1639.