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Engraving of surgical instruments opposite folio 1.

A woman, half-length, full face, is holding a diaphanous cloth up under her chin; there are several numbers on her face which correspond to various signs as explained in a table below the image.
Is part of: Les indiscrétions de Lavater.; See…

Is part of: Fasciculo de medicina, folio b2 recto.; See related catalog record: 2257012R

Is part of: Fasciculus medicinae.; See related catalog record: 2211056R
woodcut, color

1 photograph ; image 29.2 x 16.2 cm
Lettering
Hec est tabula de matrice mulierum et impregnatione
References note
L. Crummer, "Early anatomical fugitive sheets," Annals of Medical History, 5, no. 3, 1923, p. 198, fig. 7
J. G. de Lint, "Fugitive…

Manuscript X 188 in the National Library of Sweden dates to around 1425--35 and contains two works by John Arderne (active 1307--70), an abridged version of De arte phisicali et de cirurgia (Of the physical arts and surgery) and Fistula in ano. Also…

photogravure based on Gervex 1887 salon painting of Pean

View of a half naked woman on a table surrounded by physicians. Dr. Péan is in the foreground.
photogravure

6th ed., thoroughly rev. and greatly improved
with illustrations - various pertinent tools and interesting portraits

lxxxii pages, 1 leaf, 903 pages : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations ; 27 cm