Breathing a vein

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Publication:: London: H. Humphrey, Jan. 28, 1804
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Bloodletting
Physicians
Genre(s):: Caricatures
Abstract:: A man sitting on a stool is being bled by another man standing next to him and holding his arm in one hand and, in the other, a bowl into which the blood spurts.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 print : 39 x 28 cm.
Technique:: etching, color
NLM Unique ID:: 101393173 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A021537
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393173

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