[Woman applying a leech to her forearm]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Bossche, Guillaume van den, fl.1638, Author
Publication:: Brussels: Joannis Mommarti, 1639
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Bloodletting
Women
Abstract:: A woman standing at a table has placed a leech on her left forearm; on the table is a large jar containing leeches.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Historia medica, in qua libris IV. animalium natura, et eorum medica utilitas esacte & luculenter..., p. 431.; See related catalog record: 2315020R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101434585 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A029359
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101434585

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