Practitioner Collection

THE GREAT ART
The Great Art as supposedly depicted by Basil Valentine, though little is known about this legendary German practitioner of alchemy

Chiropractor - Dr. A Ortman of South Dakota
Chiropractor - Dr. Amon S. Ortman (1892-1956) of South Dakota, USA - Founder of the Chiropractic Hotel & Clinic - practiced between 1918 and 1956 - developed the Ortman Technique

Breaking bad news
MODEL RELEASED. Breaking bad news. General practitioner breaking bad news to an elderly patient

Animal magnetism, satirical artwork
Animal magnetism. Satirical artwork depicting a patient and animal magnetism practitioner with animal heads. Animal magnetism was developed by the German physician Franz Mesmer (1734-1815)

Hindu Sahdus near Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
Two Sadhus pose for a photograph on a road near Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. In Hinduism, sadhu is a common term for an ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi)

Benjamin Rush / Sully
BENJAMIN RUSH American medical practitioner, signatory to the Declaration of Independence

Sir Frederick Treves
SIR FREDERICK TREVES Medical practitioner

Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850
3330740 Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Marie Laveau (1794-1881) a Louisiana Creole practitioner of voodoo renowned in New Orleans, with her daughter

Yoga positions. Position is called Two Legs behind Head Pose (Dvi Pada Sirsasana) Picture shows a sequence of 1 to 10 advanced Ashtanga Yoga positions

Yoga positions. Position is called The Deaf Mans Pose (Karnapidasana) Picture shows a sequence of 1 to 10 advanced Ashtanga Yoga positions

Yoga positions. Position is called The Deaf Man Pose (Karnapidasana) Picture shows a sequence of 1 to 10 advanced Ashtanga Yoga positions

Yoga positions. Position is called One Leg behind Head Pose (Ekapada Sirsasana) Picture shows a sequence of 1 to 10 advanced Ashtanga Yoga positions

Yoga positions. Position is called Feet behind Neck (Dvi Pada Sirsasana) Picture shows a sequence of 1 to 10 advanced Ashtanga Yoga positions

Yoga positions. Position is called Eagle Pose Variation (Vatayanasana) Picture shows a sequence of 1 to 10 advanced Ashtanga Yoga positions

Morocco - Chemist with his stall
A Native traditional practitioner of ritual medicine with a variety of dead animals, used to cure all manner of ills and ailments Date: circa 1930s

The death of Leo Tolstoi in the small railway station of Astapowo (Riasan gov)
2815390 The death of Leo Tolstoi in the small railway station of Astapowo (Riasan gov) at dawn on the 20th century (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Dead Who Resurrects (Colour Litho)
2778068 The Dead Who Resurrects (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The resurrecting dead)

The Italo-Turkish War, the discovery of the bodies of two valiant officers of the Lodi cavalry between
2815490 The Italo-Turkish War, the discovery of the bodies of two valiant officers of the Lodi cavalry between... (colour litho) by Beltrame

A New Kind Battle (Colour Litho)
2809100 A New Kind Battle (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new kind of battle)

The horrors and sorrows of war, Montenegrin women who go to find their loved ones in the field... (colour litho)
2808529 The horrors and sorrows of war, Montenegrin women who go to find their loved ones in the field... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Portrait of Robert Koch in his laboratory (engraving, 19th century)
LRI4670026 Portrait of Robert Koch in his laboratory (engraving, 19th century) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Robert Koch, Nobel Prize winner for his work on tuberculosis (engraving, 19th century)
LRI4670048 Portrait of Robert Koch, Nobel Prize winner for his work on tuberculosis (engraving, 19th century) by Unknown Artist

Chillington House Maidstone, View of Great Hall, 1851 (Watercolour)
7261336 Chillington House Maidstone, View of Great Hall, 1851 (Watercolour) by Tomalin, M. J. (19th century); Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Chillington House Maidstone)

Two children and mother welcomed by an old nurse, 1725-1805 (Pencil, Watercolour)
7261612 Two children and mother welcomed by an old nurse, 1725-1805 (Pencil, Watercolour) by Greuze, Jean Baptiste (1725-1805); 24.5x39 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent

Hippocrates the Great with Galien (Fresco of the crypt, c. 1237-1255)
LRI4690123 Hippocrates the Great with Galien (Fresco of the crypt, c.1237-1255) by Unknown Artist, (13th century); Anagni Cathedral, Anagni, Lazio

Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V
7261224 Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V. by Opie, John (1761-1807) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Nurse has found Juliet sleeping from the effects of a potion and believes her dead)

Ambroise Pare (engraving)
1728900 Ambroise Pare (engraving) by Delaune, Etienne (1518-83); (add.info.: Ambroise Pare (c. 1510 - 20 December 1590) was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II

Corner of The Great Hall showing Dr. Charless surgery, 1855 (Watercolour)
7261510 Corner of The Great Hall showing Dr. Charless surgery, 1855 (Watercolour) by Pretty, Edward (1792-1865); 16.5x12 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent

Doctor at the Faculty of Medicine, 1586. 1825 (lithograph)
7236781 Doctor at the Faculty of Medicine, 1586. 1825 (lithograph) by Lecomte, Hippolyte (1781-1857) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Costume of a doctor during the reign of King Louis XVI of France 1825 (lithograph)
7237173 Costume of a doctor during the reign of King Louis XVI of France 1825 (lithograph) by Lecomte, Hippolyte (1781-1857); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician, satirist and polymath, 1667- 1798 (engraving)
7237237 John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician, satirist and polymath, 1667- 1798 (engraving) by Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Arbuthnot FRS)

Doctor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Paris, 1580s. 1825 (lithograph)
7236846 Doctor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Paris, 1580s. 1825 (lithograph) by Lecomte, Hippolyte (1781-1857) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Arthur Johnston, Scottish physician and Latin poet, 1587-1641. 1798 (engraving)
7237232 Arthur Johnston, Scottish physician and Latin poet, 1587-1641. 1798 (engraving) by Jamesone, George (1589/90-1644); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arthur Johnston)

A Country Vaccination (engraving)
7157365 A Country Vaccination (engraving) by Hornemann, Friedrich Adolph (1813-1890); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Country Vaccination)

"The Whispering Rocks"illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922
7214618 " The Whispering Rocks" illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting, Hugh (1886-1947); (add.info)

"He talks English!"illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922
7214613 " He talks English!" illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting, Hugh (1886-1947); (add.info.: " He talks English)

"The Doctor started chatting in Spanish to the bed-maker"illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
7214611 " The Doctor started chatting in Spanish to the bed-maker" illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting

"The Popsipetel Picture-History of King Jong Thinkalot frontispiece illustration from The Voyages of Doctor
7214602 " The Popsipetel Picture-History of King Jong Thinkalot frontispiece illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting

Prince and Princess of Wales laying the foundation stone of the London hospital, 1864 (chromolitho)
7173205 Prince and Princess of Wales laying the foundation stone of the London hospital, 1864 (chromolitho) by Johnson, Alfred (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Daniel Rutherford, botanist. 1804 (engraving)
7235095 Portrait of Daniel Rutherford, botanist.1804 (engraving) by Raeburn, Henry (1756-1823) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daniel Rutherford, MD, FLS, physician and botanist)

"Working away with their noses against the end of the island"illustration from The Voyages of Doctor
7214617 " Working away with their noses against the end of the island" illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting

"Did acrobatics on the beasts horns"illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922
7214612 " Did acrobatics on the beasts horns" illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting

"A traveller arrives illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922
7214606 " A traveller arrives illustration from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922 by Lofting, Hugh (1886-1947); (add.info)

Title page from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922, written and illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
7214540 Title page from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, 1922, written and illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) by Lofting, Hugh (1886-1947); Photo © AF Fotografie

African-American Military Nurses Arriving at the Port of Greenock, 15th August 1944 (b / w photo)
1720220 African-American Military Nurses Arriving at the Port of Greenock, 15th August 1944 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer

The experiment of strychnine (a very toxic alkaloide extracted from the vomic walnut), 19th century. (oil on canvas)
JEB4853590 The experiment of strychnine (a very toxic alkaloide extracted from the vomic walnut), 19th century. (oil on canvas) by Torrents y de Amat, Stanislas (1839-1916); Palais de Longchamp

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"The Great Art of Practitioner: Breaking Bad News with Animal Magnetism and Satirical Artwork" In the realm of healing, there exists an artistry that goes beyond conventional medicine, and is the great art of the practitioner, a masterful blend of skill, knowledge, and empathy. Just like a painter who creates a masterpiece on canvas, these healers craft their work through compassion and understanding. One such practitioner who embodies this art is Dr. A Ortman from South Dakota. Like Benjamin Rush or Sully in their time, he harnesses his expertise as a chiropractor to bring relief to those in need. With gentle adjustments and precise techniques, he restores balance to weary bodies. But the great art of the practitioner extends far beyond physical ailments alone. Sir Frederick Treves understood this well when he broke bad news with utmost care and sensitivity. Just as Morocco's chemist tends to his stall with wisdom and compassion for those seeking remedies. And let us not forget about palmistry - Belot's intricate readings that reveal hidden truths within our hands or yoga positions like Two Legs behind Head Pose that unlock new realms of flexibility both physically and mentally. Even in unexpected places like Carn Brea Leisure Centre in Cornwall, we find practitioners like Brian Jacks who inspire others through their dedication to fitness and wellbeing. Throughout history, these practitioners have left indelible marks on society just as Johann Laurent Bausch did with his innovative eyewear designs. Their impact transcends borders; they are bound by a shared passion for helping others. So next time you encounter a practitioner - whether it be a doctor, healer or artist - remember their unique ability to combine science with intuition; it truly is The Great Art at its finest.