Medical Xylography Description Block 87

Author: Georg Reisch (ca. 1467-1525)

Book: Aepitoma omnis phylosophiae (better known as "Margarita philosophica"), 1503

Notes: This book dealt with many scientific topics, but this one was related to geometry. This poor person was shown with spears through his body to demonstrate width, length, and depth. Not truly a medical woodcut but it is featured in a book that has other medical woodcuts, some of which are in this collection.

Below is the original printed woodcut with labeling:

 

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