Historical Medical Images: Hieronymus Brunschwig, Liber de arte distillandi, 1512
Public Domain Medical Images from 1512: Brunschwig’s Liber de arte distillandi
This post presents selected public domain historical medical images from Hieronymus Brunschwig’s Liber de arte distillandi de compositis, a sixteenth-century work preserved in the U.S. National Library of Medicine collection.
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| Public domain historical medical image from Hieronymus Brunschwig, Liber de arte distillandi de compositis, Strassburg, 1512. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. |
The NLM Digital Collections record attributes the work to Hieronymus Brunschwig and lists its publication as Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 1512. The record also identifies subjects such as distillation methods, alchemy, chemistry methods, materia medica, and pharmaceutical preparations.
Liber de arte distillandi de compositis is not a conventional anatomical atlas. However, it is an important historical medical work for understanding early modern approaches to drug preparation, distillation techniques, medicinal substances, and the visual culture of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge.
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| Public domain historical medical image from Hieronymus Brunschwig, Liber de arte distillandi de compositis, Strassburg, 1512. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. |
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| Public domain historical medical image from Hieronymus Brunschwig, Liber de arte distillandi de compositis, Strassburg, 1512. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. |
The images selected from this work are valuable for students, educators, historians of medicine, and anyone interested in the history of medical illustration, early chemistry, pharmacy, and therapeutic preparations.
These images are not presented as modern medical or pharmacological guidance. Instead, they are shared as historical visual materials that help us understand how medical knowledge, distillation apparatus, and therapeutic practices were represented in the early sixteenth century.
Source and credit:
U.S. National Library of Medicine, Digital Collections.
Hieronymus Brunschwig. Liber de arte distillandi de compositis.
Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 1512.
Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
Rights and usage note:
The NLM Digital Collections record states that the National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. The images are shared here for educational, historical reference, and visual archive purposes.
AnatomyLogia note:
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