Medical Xylography

 Showing anatomy, surgery, bloodletting, and other medical procedures in print

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Examples of woodcut blocks actually used in 16th - 17th century medical books

 Xylography Blocks Index:  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

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No. Printed image Wood block Description of Source (Book, etc.)
41 Author: Possibly Mondino de Luzzi (ca. 1270-1326)

Book: Anatomia Mundini, ca. 1536 (Dryander)

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42 Author: Unknown

Book: Unknown

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43 Author: Jacobo Berengario (ca. 1460-ca. 1530)

Book: Tractatus Perutilis et Completus de Fractura Cranei (1535, Venice)

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44 Author: Jacopo Berengario da Carpi's (ca. 1460-ca. 1530)

Book: Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae in anatomiam humani corporis

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45 Author: Similar to Jacopo Berengario da Carpi's (ca. 1460-ca. 1530). May be from de Luzzi.

Book: Similar to Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae in anatomiam

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46 Author: Possibly Johannes Dryander

Book: Anatomia (1541)

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47 Author: Jacopo Berengario de Carpi or Johannes Dryander (Anatomia)

Book: Similar to Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae in anatomiam

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48 Author: Johannes Dryander (Mondino de Luzzi)

Book: Anatomia (1541, Marburg)

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49 Author:Unknown, but German

Book:

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50 Author: Possibly Brunschwig, Hieronymus (ca. 1450-ca. 1512)

Book:The noble experyence of the vertuous handy warke of surgeri. .

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51 Author: Steber, Bartholomaeus

Book: A Malafranczos morbo gallorum praeservation ac cura (Vienna: Johann Winterburg, 1497-1498)

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52 Author: Possibly Helkiah Crooke (1576-1635)

Book: Microcosmographia: A Description of the body of man

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53 Author: Possibly Helkiah Crooke (1576-1635) or Johannes Dryander

Book: Microcosmographia: A Description of the body of man (Crooke) or Anatomia (Dryander)

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54 Author: Albucasis (11th century)

Book: Servidor....Comienca el servidor libro veynte y ocho...  Valladoid: Arnao Guillen de Brocar,1516

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55 Author: Johannes Dryander (Mondino de Luzzi)

Book: Anatomia (1543)

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56 Author: Unknown

Book: Unknown

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57 Author: Possibly Johannes Dryander

Book: Anatomia 1541 (Marburg)

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58 Author: Johannes Dryander (Mondino de Luzzi)

Book: Anatomia (1541)

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59 Author: Unknown, but German

Book: Unknown

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60 Author: Johannes Eichmann Dryander (1500-1560) of Wetter, Germany.

Book: Anatomia capitis humani (1536)

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