The surgical establishment Sommelsdijk was situated at the junction of the Commewijne and Cottica rivers. Here sick slaves of the nearby plantations were treated by a surgeon when good health care could not be provided on the plantation. In 1827 de Vries was the surgeon on duty, View of Sommelsdijk in Suriname., draughtsman: Bienfait, (signed by artist), 1827, paper, pen, brush, h 368 mm × w 535 mm

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