Wellcome Collection
Two surgeons applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points on the chests of two male patients, the senior surgeon wears a pointed hat (?). Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.
Unknown artist
Lettering: Ad splen incendictur sic.
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