MINIATURIST, English
(active c. 1292)

Treatise on the Human Body

c. 1292
Manuscript (MS Ashmole 399)
Bodleian Library, Oxford

Through four pages of vivid images, this medical case history traces a woman's fate from her initial collapse, through her medical treatment, to her death and a post-mortem examination. The illustration on folio 34 shows a physician dissecting the corpse. The lungs, heart and intestines are displayed above.