Book Title: Spiegel van het menselyk bedrijf : in kleuren vertoond met honderd verbeeldingen, van ambachten, konsten, hanteeringen en bedryven, met verzen / Jan en Kasper Luiken.

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: The Doctor: God is the medicine For hell’s deadly venom

Scripture Reference:

• Matthew 8 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The doctor, wearing a house robe, sits in his study at a table with an opened illustrated botany book. A patient, wearing a hat, stands in front of him and pulls a flask from a wicker basket. Books line the shelves; flasks and jars are on top of the bookcases. The Dutch artist and poet, Jan Luiken (1649-1712), was responsible for drawing this emblem and for creating the motto and poem that follow. Jan Luiken and/or his son Casper Luiken (1672-1708) were responsible for its etching. The attendant scripture text is Matthew 8:16-17. Motto: God is the medicine /For hell’s deadly venom. Poem: If life is powerless and sick, / One takes a nasty or bitter tonic, /So the body might heal again: /Why not then for a short time /Accept some bitterness, /To be eternally healthy? (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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