[Venesection on the arm]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758, author
Publication:: London: J. Clarke [etc.], 1759
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Surgical Instruments
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: An outstretched arm with tourniquet, a section of a vein showing four types of incisions, and instruments used in venesection are depicted.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: A general system of surgery, Plate 11, Figs. 1-5.; See related catalog record: 2485050R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: engraving
NLM Unique ID:: 101448296 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A030597
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101448296

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