Pessaire pour tenir le col de la matrice ouvert, par le benefice d'un ressort

About This Item

Title

Subject

Surgical Instruments

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Diagram of a medical device labeled as a pessary. The archaic use of the term pessary was for a vaginal suppository. The device pictures is most likely a vaginal suppository.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 978. 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.978a

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

8 x 14 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Pessaire pour tenir le col de la matrice ouvert, par le benefice d'un ressort,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3079.