Series : Old anatomy
Year : 1708
Unique ID : an.01.0211
Authors : Toviyah Kats (ca. 1652-1729)
Issued : Venice
Preview image in wooden frames
This illustration from a Hebrew encyclopedia pairs the interior of a human interior with the interior of a house, a visual metaphor: the organs, like rooms in a house, have different functions. Toviyah Kats, one of the first Jews to study medicine at a German university, completed his degree at Padua and served as court physician to the Ottoman Sultan.