A historical woodcut by J. Wechtlin showing a doctor cauterizing a man's thigh. Published 1530. Cauterization is a method of staunching bleeding by burning the flesh in the region of the wound. In this scene a hot iron is being used without anesthetic. Between the two men is the fire where the irons are heated.

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