[Cesarean section]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Mercurio, Girolamo, -1615., Author
Publication:: Venetia: Gio. Bat. Ciotti, 1601
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Parturition
Obstetrics
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A woman lying on a bed is being restrained by two male assistants while the surgeon extracts the infant during a cesarean section.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: La commare o riccoglitrice dell'eccmo. sr. Scipion Mercurii, p. 201.; See related catalog record: 2386031R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101436139 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A013186
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436139

View Image