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These pages are from a manuscript, De dificuldade de ourinar (On Difficulty in Urinating), by a Jewish physician and surgeon in Amsterdam, Samuel de Leon Benavente (1643–1722). He was known for his…

Contributor:

Samuel Benavente

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Medicine, Health, Scholarship, Profession, Education

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Medicine, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Facing-page manuscript with illustration on right page depicting individual lying on operating table with two men in curly wigs in coats and breeches holding down his wrists and feet and another with his hand on patient's shoulders; and left page with Portuguese text only.