Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in early-modern Europe

Item

Microcosmic Man with Prescription Calendar

Title

Microcosmic Man with Prescription Calendar

Creator

Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)

Contributor

Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library

Date

1646

Description

Foldout black-and-white print featuring a Microcosmic Man figure as part of a Prescription/Herbal Treatment Calendar

Format

image

Rights

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Source

Ars magna lvcis et vmbrae ; in decem libros digesta. Qvibvs admirandae lvcis et vmbrae in mundo, atque adeò vniuersa natura, vires effectusq, vti noua, ita varia nouorum reconditiorumq, speciminum exhibitione, ad varios mortalium vsus, panduntur (Rome: Hermanni Scheus, 1646), Iconismus XVI, Fol. 533. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.