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    Open book showing on left a disease horse chart with lines leading from different parts of the horse’s body to numbers indexed on the facing text page
    Woodcut chart showing nude male figure facing front surrounded by disease labels linked to body parts.
    Woodcut chart showing a male figure facing front with the twelve symbols of the zodiac linked over the body parts and labeled with effects.
    Woodcut chart showing a horse in the middle of the page with the twelve symbols of the zodiac linked to parts of the horse’s body.
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    Copperplate engraving showing a man having his right arm bled by the surgeon applying the lancet and an assistant with a bowl.

    “Bloodletting at the Elbow” from Nuoua et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch’al diligente barbiero s’appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671

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    A title page in Italian. The text is presented on an embellished shield.
    Nuoua et Vtilissima Prattica di Tutto Quello Ch’al Diligente Barbiero s’Appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671
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    Copperplate engraving showing a woman, sitting on a bench supported by another woman having her right ankle bled by a surgeon while a woman holds a candle.
    “Bloodletting at the Foot” from Nuoua et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch’al diligente barbiero s’appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671
    Copperplate engraving showing a woman reclining on a bed extending her arm while a surgeon oversees others with a knife, bowl and cup.
    “Bloodletting Instruction” from Nuoua et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch’al diligente barbiero s’appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671

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