M0007399: Manuscript illustration depicting a man urinating possibly for use in treating glaucoma

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Minature: boy urinating for treatment for glaucoma.

Photograph of an illustration from a 13th century manuscript held by the Laurentian Medici Library, Florence (Cod.73.16). The illustration depicts a man urinating into a bucket possibly for use in treating glaucoma.

6 September 1940

2 photographs sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm photographic print; 15 x 9.9 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.