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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
[A method of bloodletting among Native Americans]
Creator:
Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705, author.
Subject (Keyword):
Indians, Central American medicine.
Subject (Keyword):
Bloodletting
Subject (Genre):
Book Illustrations
Publication Information:
London: James Knapton, 1699.
Appears In:
A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America, opp. p. 28.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A016246
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut.
Image Description:
An Indian maiden is being bled from tiny puncture wounds inflicted by another Indian using an arrow.
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 72-318
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Record UI:
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[A method of bloodletting among Native Americans]

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