Sickbed treatments. 16th-century illustration of a doctor (green robe),an alchemist (red robe),and a healer treating a patient in his bed watched by the man's wife. The doctor has prescribed a remedy,prepared by the alchemist using distillation techniques,and applied by the healer to the man's leg. A medicine jar and equipment are on the table. This is a page from 'Liber de arte distillandi de compositis' (1512),published in Strasbourg by German surgeon and alchemist Hieronymus Brunschwig (c.1450-c.1512). This work is a practical manual on chemical,alchemical,and distillation devices,and techniques used to manufacture potions and drugs | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / National Library of Medicine |
Bildgröße: | 2455 px × 3576 px |
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