Isola Di S. Bartolomeo: Lazzaretto Brutto

Isola Di S. Bartolomeo: Lazzaretto Brutto

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Rossi, Giovanni Giaccomo, artist
Publication:
Rome: Giovanni G. Rossi, 1657
Language(s):
Italian
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Hospitals
Religion and Medicine
Death
Abstract:
Vignettes of Rome during the plague of 1656: street scenes, hospitals, fumgation practices, removal of the dead, quarantine of patients in prisons, and mass burials are depicted here.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
NLM Unique ID:
101448103 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A029517
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101448103