Cow's urine used as a medical treatment in India: a sick man is held over a cow's hindquarters, so that the cow's urine streams onto his face. Engraving by C. du Bosc after B. Picart, ca. 1730.

  • Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.
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[1733-1739]
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567855i
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[London] : [printed by W. Jackson, for Claude du Bosc], [1733-1739]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image and border 14.6 x 20 cm

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The attitude of a dying person, while a cow is staleing in his face. Malade agonisant qui recoit sur son visage l'urine d'une vache. Picart del. ; C. du Bosc fecit et ex.

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Wellcome Collection 567855i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine” at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018

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