Medical Xylography Description Block 84

Author: Gerome Scipione Mercurio (d. 1615)

Book: La commare Oriccoglitrice. Diuisa in tre libri ristampata correta et accresciuta dall'istesso autore (1621)

Notes: This block is from the first book on midwifery in Italian. It shows some type of vaginal stent or support.

Below is the printed image from Mercurio's work.

 

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