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Watercolour drawing of superficial ulceration surrounding a nipple (eczema of the nipple) and covering a hard cancer of the breast.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 12.5 x 10.3 cm

A case of breast cancer; 1 print : engraving ; image and text 7.2 x 6.3 cm; He cut off a very large cancerated breast from the body of Elizabeth Hopkins of Oxford, in 1689, and perfectly cured her: For that and many other considerable cures, he hath…

MEDIUM tempera on panel
DIMENSIONS 55 3/4 x 43 1/8 in. (141.6 x 109.5 cm) frame: 69 × 56 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (175.3 × 144.1 × 11.4 cm)

photochemical reproduction

"Fabricius Hildanus (1560-1634) a noteds surgeon who practiced in Bern, Switzerland, was the first to advocate removal of both breast and axillary glands in carinoma mammae. He denounced the red hot knives and..."

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Engraving of surgical instruments opposite folio 1.

[6], cv, [1] leaves, [2] folded leaves of plates
Binding Note:
NLM copy, bound contemporary blind-stamped paneled calf, with two metal clasps on leather.

Six female saints; St Mary Magdalene, St Rosalia, St Apollonia, St Agnes, St Dorothy, St Agatha; six roundels aligned in three rows; sheet four of the series; second state
Engraving
Diameter: Diameter: 43 millimetres (c., each roundel) (c., each…

Sixteen female saints; half-length figures with their respective attributes, arranged in four rows.
Woodcut
Height: Height: 216 millimetres
Width: Width: 166 millimetres
Inscription content: Lettered with the names of the individual saints on…