[Proud flesh on the conjunctiva]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Bartisch, George, 1535-approximately 1607, author
Publication:: [Dreszden: Matthes Stöckel], 1583
Language(s):: German
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Ophthalmology
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: Close-up of the head of a man with globular growths of flesh attached to the conjunctiva; they have been pierced with a needle, and thread (a seton) has been passed through the openings.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Ophthalmodouleia, das ist, Augendienst, l. 216 recto.; See related catalog record: 2221062R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101436447 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A016274
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436447

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