Medical Xylography Description Block 54

Author: Albucasis (11th century)

Book: Servidor....Comienca el servidor libro veynte y ocho...  Valladoid: Arnao Guillen de Brocar,1516

Notes: This block shows Saints Cosmos and Damian performing a uroscopy. Note the halos over their heads. This was originally as described by the famous Middle East physician Albucasis, whose works were reprinted through the middle ages. This woodcut is from the title page of a Spanish book from 1516 and is a title page vignette. It shows the crossover between religion and medicine of the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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