La figure des sutures des léures

About This Item

Title

Subject

Sutures

Cleft Lip

Suture Techniques

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Full caption reads "La figure des sutures des lévres; & au dessous t'est monstrél Aiguille, autour de laquelle est entorillé lé le fil, comme doit estre fait au dessus de la léure."

Woodcut depicts a suture that was used to repair what looks like a cleft lip.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 381. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

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

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.381

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

9 x 6 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “La figure des sutures des léures,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3030.