Allmanach auff das 1581 jar ... / Durch Petrum Slovacium gestellet auff den Meridian der kayserlichen Stadt Breslaw.

An ill man being bled by a surgeon. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

A Nun (Sister of Charity) bloodletting a seated patient. Line engraving.

Doctor Jeremy Snob / written by J.G. Maxwell.

A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.

A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.

A surgeon letting blood from a woman's arm. Oil painting.

Three leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Grandville, ca. 1832.

A physician and a surgeon attending to a woman patient. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.

Esbatal : the happiest choice for your hypertensive patients.

A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.

A surgeon and his black assistant letting blood from a lady's arm. Oil painting by an English painter, ca. 1780.

1 volume<br/>147 leaves 4to. 20 x 14 cm. On paper and vellum. Original deer-skin binding, with a contemporary leather slip-on cover. Two modern leather and metal clasps. By several hands, with a few 17th century additions. A new foliation in pencil has been added, but there is an older (16th century) foliation in ink. The new pencil foliation accidentally duplicates f. 112, and is corrected in pencil from f. 113. The following leaves (new foliation) appear to be wanting: The first 6 folios; between folios 9 and 10, 1 leaf; between folios 11 and 12, 2 leaves; between folios 53 and 54, one leaf: between folios 83 and 84, 4 leaves; between folios 96 and 97, 108 and 109, one leaf; between folios 114 and 115, 2 leaves; between folios 145 and 145, 3 leaves. Many leaves are worn, with frayed margins. Initials, paragraph marks and headings in red. A number of entries, mainly charms, have been struck through or obliterated with ink.

Middle English medical miscellany, including receipts and charms (Leech-Books, VI)

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 35.4 x 45.2 cm

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

1 drawing : brush and ink ; sheet 18 x 8.5 cm

Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

Recherches sur les effets de la saignée dans quelques maladies inflammatoires, et sur l'action de l'émétique et des vésicatoires dans la pneumonie / par P. Ch. A. Louis.

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Bloodletting

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Middle English medical miscellany, including receipts and charms (Leech-Books, VI)

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

Recherches sur les effets de la saignée dans quelques maladies inflammatoires, et sur l'action de l'émétique et des vésicatoires dans la pneumonie / par P. Ch. A. Louis.

Bloodletting

Images from the collections

Images about Bloodletting

Works from the collections

Middle English medical miscellany, including receipts and charms (Leech-Books, VI)

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

On gout ; its history, its causes, and its cure. / By William Gairdner.

Recherches sur les effets de la saignée dans quelques maladies inflammatoires, et sur l'action de l'émétique et des vésicatoires dans la pneumonie / par P. Ch. A. Louis.

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