Medical zodiac. 15th century diagram with Greek text illustrating how the human body relates to the zodiac signs. Such information was used in medical

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Medical zodiac. 15th century diagram with Greek text illustrating how the human body relates to the zodiac signs. Such information was used in medical practices, such as bloodletting. The diagram, known as a zodiac man, is from Johannes de Ketham's Fasciculus Medicinae (Venice, 1491).

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