L0027284 A surgeon applying medicine to a wound in the shoulder of a
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A surgeon applying medicine to a wound in the shoulder of a man in pain. Oil painting by Gerrit Lundens, 1649.
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1649 By: Gerrit LundensPublished: 1649
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The image I picked from the Wellcome Database is called “A surgeon applying medicine to a wound in the shoulder of a man in pain.” by Gerrit Lundens. It captured my attention because of the face of the man from the painting. There is three people on the painting. One doctor, one patient, and one look to be the assistant who is preparing the medicines. The patient is sitting on the table while the doctor is putting medicine on his wound on his shoulder. The patient is wearing an overall and a pair of work boots, therefore I think he might got his shoulder hurt at work. However, His face tells us that the medicine is giving him more pain, which is a normal phenomenon because the medicine is killing the bacteria, meanwhile, the skin gets more sensitive to the stimulus from the environment when it’s wounded. It reminds me of a image we saw in class, which was about the woman is having a headache and the doctor is checking on her. In both images, I can find the origin of the distress by examining the details of the image carefully; Also, both of their face expressions give us a generally idea of what is happening there.