M0010449: Votive relief showing a man holding a huge leg marked by varicose veins

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Man holding huge leg marked by varicose veins.

Reproduction of a photograph of the votive relief originally from the Asklepieion of Athens and now held by the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Published in Laignel-Lavastine, M: Histoire generale de la medecine, Paris : Albin Michel éditeur, [1936-1949]

20 February 1948

2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.6 cm photographic print; 16 x 11 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.