[Head surgery]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Croce, Giovanni Andrea della, 1514-1575, Author
- Publication:
- Venetiis: Jordanum Zilettum, 1573
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Women Child
- Genre(s):
- Book Illustrations
- Abstract:
- Interior scene, trephination in progress; family members show great concern during operation; several assistants perform various tasks as the surgeon bores a hole in the patient's skull. A dog and a rat are in close proximity to the bed.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Related Title(s):
- Is part of: Chirurgiae...libri septem, p. 54.; See related catalog record: 2229053R
- Extent:
- 1 print
- Technique:
- woodcut
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101436578 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013399
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436578