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16th-century eye surgery woodcut resurfaces online

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 eye surgery and ophthalmology, is circulating on social media. The image comes from the public domain archive of the Wellcome Collection, which makes historical medical material freely available. Readers are sharing the striking Renaissance illustration of eye care.

Why now: Striking historical medical imagery from a public domain archive is being shared and appreciated online.

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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 · 15

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