Adam Lonicerus (Lonitzer) city physician at Frankfurt-am-Main,had this woodcut made for his 'Herbal' of 1578. Above,the woman herbalist is fetching the officinal herb from the wood; on the right,the gardener is clearing a fitting space in the garden for this indigenous plant next to the highly cultivated foreign ones. In the middle,it comes into the hands of science and becomes a subject for discussion by learned scholars (fur coats). Then the hour of sacrifice comes for the plant. Distillation,equipment stands in rows on shelves-- heated from above. Top left,doctor examines a patients' urine at the sick bed prior to describing the drug | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / New York Public Library |
Taille de l’image : | 4459 px × 2612 px |
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