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Infusio simplex in homine

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Title

Infusio simplex in homine

Subject

Injections, Intravenous
Book Illustrations

Description

Artist unknown.
Injection into a man's arm and leg. A man seated at a table holding a tourniquet recieves an injection into a vein in his left leg by three disembodied hands. Above the scene, a outstreched arm receives an injection by three disembodied hands.
Title taken from explanation of the figure on the following page.

Source

Original Image in: Elsholtz, Johann Sigismund, 1623-1688. Clysmatica nova (Coloniae Brandenburgicae : Ex officina Georgi Schultzi impensis Danielis Reichelii, 1667). Qdd 46a (Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Clysmatica nova was one of the first books to discuss blood transfusion and the intravenous injection of drugs. This greatly expanded second edition included plates that depict the transfusion of blood from animal to animal, man to man, and animal to man.

Publisher

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

Date

1667

Language

lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

Qdd_46a.pl2

Original Format

1 print : engraving

Physical Dimensions

13 x 8 cm

Citation

“Infusio simplex in homine,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2159.