About This Item
Title
Saint Anthony the Great
Subject
Saints
Religion and Medicine
Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356
Ergotism
Book Illustrations
Description
Woodcut attributed to Johann Ulrich Wechtlin; printed by Johann Schott.--Cf. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/gersdorff_bio.html
Hand-colored.
A child suffering from St. Anthony's Fire (ergotism) stands with a crutch and fire coming from his hand, appealing to St. Anthony the Great. The Saint holds a staff and reads a book. Behind the Saint, there is a pig with a bell on its left ear.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Creator
Wechtlin, Johann Ulrich, active 16th century
Source
Original image in: Gersdorff, Hans von, -1529. Feldtbůch der Wundtartzney (Strassburg : Durch Joannem Schott, 1517). Ea 220 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Feldtbůch der Wundtartzney, Hans von Gersdorff's fieldbook of surgery, was first published in 1517 in Strasbourg. The work proved to be a popular surgical text and is especially well-known for its instructions on limb amputation. The illustrations, hand-colored in this copy, are attributed to Johann Ulrich Wechtlin and include the first printed image of an amputation.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1517
Contributor
Schott, Johann, 1477-1548
Language
ger
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Ea_220.l5v
Original Format
1 print : hand-colored woodcut
Physical Dimensions
20 x 13 cm
Citation
Wechtlin, Johann Ulrich, active 16th century, “Saint Anthony the Great,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2186.