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Renaissance eye surgery illustrations from 1583 circulate again

Original: Illustration by Georg Bartisch, from Ophthalmodouleia: Das ist, Augendienst (1583). Source: Wellcome Collection https://

A woodcut illustration by Georg Bartisch from his 1583 work Ophthalmodouleia: Das ist, Augendienst, an early printed treatise on ophthalmology, is being widely shared online. The image comes from the Wellcome Collection's public domain archive, which digitises historical medical material. Bartisch is regarded as a founder of modern eye surgery, and his book is famous for its detailed, even unsettling, depictions of instruments and procedures of the period.

Why now: Historical medical illustrations with striking imagery circulate widely on social media and are popularly reshared from public domain archives.

Georg BartischWellcome CollectionOphthalmodouleia

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• Illustration by Georg Bartisch, from Ophthalmodouleia: Das ist, Augendienst (1583). Source: Wellcome Collection https:// pdimagearchive.org/images/a675 8ee4-5a53-48f7-9c3e-2113623f3ec1 # diseases # ophthalmology # medicine # eyes # bookillustration # woodcut # art # publicdomain · pdimagearchive · 16

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