A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0017052/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
![](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif.wellcomecollection.org%2Fimage%2FV0017057.jpg%2Ffull%2F500%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
OMNIA - Richard Tennant Cooper
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0007831EL/full/300,/0/default.jpg)
Breast., Catalogue search
![](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif.wellcomecollection.org%2Fimage%2FV0017055.jpg%2Ffull%2F500%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
OMNIA - Richard Tennant Cooper
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0049529ER/full/300,/0/default.jpg)
Allegorical drawings., Catalogue search
![](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif.wellcomecollection.org%2Fimage%2FV0017059.jpg%2Ffull%2F500%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
OMNIA - Richard Tennant Cooper
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0003601/full/300,/0/default.jpg)
Giant, Catalogue search
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0016355/full/300,/0/default.jpg)
Surgical knife, Catalogue search
rose (@acadrose) / X
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1082537252402520065/L2XtIYBn_400x400.jpg)
rose (@acadrose) / X
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0017910/full/300,/0/default.jpg)
Cooper, Richard Tennant, Catalogue search
![](https://i.wellcomecollection.org/assets/icons/apple-touch-icon.png)
Breast., Catalogue search
![](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0017052/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by