BARTOLOMEO SQUARCIALUPI - LIBRO DE CAUTERI - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K / UHD)

#AntiqueAuction"Without modern sutures and antiseptics, the best way to cleanly close a wound was through cauterization – the application of hot irons. This #manuscript consists of fragments of three separate medical texts from the 14-15th centuries that were bound together in a single volume during the 19th century. Bartolomeo Squarcialupi, a physician from Padua, is the author of the primary text. The artful and accurate drawings of the human form are accompanied by neatly written passages with intricate red and blue initials. Aside from being a useful medical handbook, the text is a source of information on the architecture, clothing, and dialects of Northern Italy in the 15th century.