About This Item
Title
Circle of urine glasses
Subject
Urine
Charts
Book Illustrations
Description
Artist unknown.
A circular diagram for analyzing urine based on its color. The outmost circle describes the possible colors of urine. Inside the circle are the diagnoses associated with each color.
Title taken from commentary by Sudhoff in facsimile edition: Fasciculus medicinae of Johannes de Ketham, Alemanus (Birmingham, Ala. : The Classics of Medicine Library, 1988).
Source
Original image in: Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century. Fasciculus medicinae. Italian (Milano : Seinzenzeler, 1516), leaf a2r. ZAe 19b (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Fasciculus Medicinae was a collection medical treatises first printed in 1491, although it previously circulated in manuscript. The work is noted for its illustrations, which were among the first anatomical illustrations to be printed. The text was issued thereafter in several new editions that included new illustrations, with this extremely rare 1516 edition from Milan based on a 1509 forgery of the 1493 Venetian edition.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1516
Language
ita
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZAe_19b.a2ra
ZAe_19b.a2rb
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
29 x 19 cm
Citation
“Circle of urine glasses,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2242.