[A method of bloodletting among Native Americans]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705, author
Publication:: London: James Knapton, 1699
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Bloodletting
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: An Indian maiden is being bled from tiny puncture wounds inflicted by another Indian using an arrow.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America, opp. p. 28.; See related catalog record: 2426001R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101436336 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A016246
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436336

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