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Patient sitting on a chair

About This Item

Title

Patient sitting on a chair

Subject

Patients
Incunabula
Book Illustrations

Description

Woodcut printed by Johann Grüninger, artist unknown.
A seated patient with one arm raised. A door and containers on a shelf are visible in the background.
Title from Schramm.

Source

Buch der Cirurgia, Hieronymus Brunschwig's handbook of surgery, was first printed in 1497 by Johann Grüninger. The work was intended for aspiring barbers and surgeons, and includes compiled knowledge of past surgeons along with the experiences of Brunschwig himself. Many of the woodcut illustrations are only loosely related to the text, consist of composites, and reappear throughout the text and in other works printed by Grüninger.

Publisher

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

Date

1497

Contributor

Grüninger, Johann, -1532?

Language

ger

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_25.83v

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

17 x 7 cm

Citation

“Patient sitting on a chair,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 5, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1732.