Breathing a vein
Item
Subject
Illustration of a doctor bloodletting a patient.
Description
This etching depicts the practice of bloodletting, as a doctor bleeds his ill patient in order to cure him of an ailment.
Creator
J. Sneyd
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Publisher
Wikimedia Commons, 28 October 2014, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_ill_man_who_is_being_bled_by_his_doctor._Coloured_etching_Wellcome_V0011195.jpg
Date
1804
Contributor
Paige York
Rights
This item is protected under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Relation
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Format
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Language
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Type
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Identifier
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Coverage
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Original Format
Etching
Physical Dimensions
2601 x 3381
Citation
J. Sneyd, “Breathing a vein,” The Lyon Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://lyon.eastendarchives.net/items/show/194.