A man suffering from the plague being treated by a physician and various attendants. Reproduction of a woodcut.

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6417i
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For further information see: G. Wolf-Heidegger and A.M. Cetto, 'Die anatomische sektion', Basel 1967, cat. 60

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1 photomechanical reproduction : heliotype ; image 27.5 x 19.3 cm

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Plague patient. Heliotype.

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Wellcome Collection 6417i

Reproduction note

The original woodcut was published in Ketham's Fasciculus Medicinae, 1491, as a plate to Petrus de Tussignano, Consilium pro peste evitandi

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