[Allegorical scene of physician and patient]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637, Author
Publication:: Francofurti: Wilhelmi Fitzeri, 1629-1631
Language(s):: Latin
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Patients
Pulse
Symbolism
Physicians
Diagnosis
Urine
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A physician is standing at a patient's bedside taking his pulse and examining the contents of a urine flask; they are within a fortress that is beseiged by disease at each corner. The patient quotes from Job 6.4.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Medicine catholica; seu Mysticum artis medicandi sacrarium.; See related catalog record: 2344048R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: engraving
NLM Unique ID:: 101448089 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A029507
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101448089

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