[Head surgery]

[Head surgery]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Croce, Giovanni Andrea della, 1514-1575, Author
Publication:
Venetiis: Jordanum Zilettum, 1573
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Women
Child
Genre(s):
Book Illustrations
Abstract:
Interior scene, trephination in progress; family members show great concern during operation; several assistants perform various tasks as the surgeon bores a hole in the patient's skull. A dog and a rat are in close proximity to the bed.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Chirurgiae...libri septem, p. 54.; See related catalog record: 2229053R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
woodcut
NLM Unique ID:
101436578 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013399
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436578