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Figure du Serpent nommé Coule-sang

About This Item

Title

Figure du Serpent nommé Coule-sang

Subject

Animals, Poisonous
Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.
Le Coule-sang is a poisonous serpent that lives off of the blood of those it bites. It then secretes a poison that causes catastrophic blood loss and the victim dies.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Publisher

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

Date

1614

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.767

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

4 x 16 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure du Serpent nommé Coule-sang,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3044.