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Tubercules : elephantiasis, framboesia

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Title

Tubercules : elephantiasis, framboesia

Subject

Elephantiasis
Yaws
Book Illustrations

Description

Engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Symptoms of elephantiasis and framboesia or yaws, two diseases characterized by tubercles or nodular outgrowths, depicted in 7 labeled figures.

Creator

Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

Source

Traité théorique et pratique des maladies de la peau, Pierre-François Olive Rayer's three-volume work on skin diseases, was first published in 1826 and received with acclaim. For the second edition, published in 1835, the work was completely revised and accompanied by an atlas with 26 finely detailed, hand-colored plates engraved by Ambroise Tardieu, which are digitized here. Tardieu was a renowned engraver and cartographer of his day.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1835

Language

fre

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZJa_8a.pl13

Original Format

1 print : hand-colored engraving

Physical Dimensions

28 x 24 cm

Citation

Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841, “Tubercules : elephantiasis, framboesia,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1657.