[Woman being bled by a barber surgeon]

[Woman being bled by a barber surgeon]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, author. approximately 1450-approximately 1512
Publication:
[Strassburg:] : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 1500
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Bloodletting
Women
Genre(s):
Book Illustrations
Abstract:
A woman is seated in a chair with a bowl on her lap into which a stream of blood pours from her left arm; her right arm hangs limp and she looks away as though she were about to faint; a man appears to be holding her to prevent her from falling.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Pestbuch, l. XXV.; See related catalog record: 2211022R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
woodcut
NLM Unique ID:
101434623 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A012306
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101434623