Medical Xylography

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Author: Wilhelm Fabry (1560-1634)

Book: Observationum et Curationum Chirurgicarum Centuriae

Notes: This engraving shows tools for probing the ear. Amazingly, the instrument on the left is some sort of ear speculum that looks as big as a leg, but it is described as a speculum in the text. See below for an image of this page in Fabry's book:

 

 

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