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12th Century medical manuscript. Early 15th Century English translation of a medical manuscript, showing cautery points (top left) and a woman applying cups (centre and lower right) and a cautery (lower left) to a patient. Published in 'Medical Treatises' by the French Physician Guy de Chauliac (c.1300-1368). (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/BRITISH LIBRARY / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)