16th century medicine. A physician examining the urine of a patient. Uroscopy was the diagnosis of a variety of medical conditions from the colour and clarity of the urine. The physician would use a special flask to collect the urine,then compare it with this chart in order to formulate a diagnosis. This comparison had to be done quickly,as the urine had to be at body temperature. Although in many respects primitive and inaccurate,it was the only non-invasive form of diagnosis for many centuries. This woodcut comes from 'Epiphanie medicorum' by Ulrich pinder,published in Nuremberg in 1506 | |
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