Medical Xylography Description Block 33

Author: Unknown, but similar to Hieronymus Brunschwig

Book: Similar to "Das Buch der Cirurgia" ca. 1530

This block shows a sick man laying in a bed with what appears to be a chest wound. The man with a hand on his head appears to be a priest, possibly administering last rights?

Brunschwig's book was originally printed in 1497 but there are similarities in composition to a block in that book.

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