Image:Medical Zodiac-Man.jpg

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Illustration of a "zodiac man". From John of Arderne's book "Mirror of Phlebotomy & Practice of Surgery".

• Author: John of Arderne
• Book: Mirror of Phlebotomy & Practice of Surgery
• Production: England - c.1425-1550

Glasgow University Library, MS Hunter 251 (U.4.9), (folio 47v)

"The link between astrology and medicine [during the period] is typified in the ‘zodiac man’, a representation of celestial influence on the human body found in hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts. Here, the zodiacal symbols are painted on the body in the appropriate places, from Aries for the head and face to Pisces for the feet. The signs demonstrate which parts of the body are influenced by which astrological sign, thus indicating the most auspicious times for performing operations."

Source: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/images/chaucer/H251_0047vwf.jpg From: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/chaucer/medicine.html

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