MINIATURIST, French
(active in the 15th century)

Petit Traite d'hygiène et Médecine

15th century
Manuscript (MS Lat. 11229)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

The diagram on folio 19v of this 15th-century French medical treatise illustrates the colours of urine. Medieval doctors worked by observation, for example the examination of urine.




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