[Woman being bled by a barber surgeon]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, author. approximately 1450-approximately 1512
Publication:: [Strassburg:] : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 1500
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Bloodletting
Women
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A woman is seated in a chair with a bowl on her lap into which a stream of blood pours from her left arm; her right arm hangs limp and she looks away as though she were about to faint; a man appears to be holding her to prevent her from falling.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Pestbuch, l. XXV.; See related catalog record: 2211022R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101434623 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A012306
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101434623

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