[Bloodletting procedure]

[Bloodletting procedure]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Alpini, Prosper, 1553-1617 Author
Publication:
Lugduni Batavorum: Vid. & fil. Corn. Boutestein, 1718
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Bloodletting
Surgical Instruments
Physicians
Genre(s):
Book Illustrations
Abstract:
Interior scene: a man is making incisions with a lancet on the backs of the legs of a man standing in a tub of water; a woman stands to the left with a towel; other instruments and another tub are on the floor; the physician(?) stands to the right.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Medicina Aegyptiorum, p. 198.; (DNLM)2435009R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
NLM Unique ID:
101448093 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A029501
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101448093