Ancient Tibetan surgical instruments with annotations. Lithograph.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 56 x 66 cm

Lettering at bottom of print, chart illustrating surgical instruments mentioned in the 22nd chapter of the bsad rgyud or the second tantra of the Gyushi (Rgyud bzhi) "the four medical tantras", a Tibetan translation of the Amrta-Astangahrdaya-guhyopa desa-tantra, whose Sanskrit original was lost in the 8th century

Wellcome Collection 582148i