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Black-and-white engraving of a cow drinking from a spout above a stone cistern, with a lion-head spout pouring water into a basin at right.

Integrum morborum mysterium, sive medicinæ catholicæ tomi primi tractatus secundus. [Pulsus seu nova et arcana pulsuum historia ... Hoc est, portionis tertiae pars tertia, de pulsuum scientia ... medicorum ... sive tomi primi tractatus secundi, sectio secunda, de morborum signis ... hoc est, divinatio per urinam.] In sectiones distributus duas : quorum ... / authore Robert Fludd, alias De Fluctibus.

A black-and-white engraving shows a cow drinking from a spout feeding a basin on a stone cistern, a wooden bucket at left, and a lion-head spout pouring water into a basin at right. Printed running head reads 'De causis mundi Elementaris efficientibus' and the caption below reads 'Applicatio ad hominem'.

Artist
Robert Fludd
Date
1631
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3388 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1631.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: Vaca bebiendo de una fuente, grabado de Robert Fludd

Un grabado en blanco y negro muestra una vaca bebiendo de un caño que alimenta una pila sobre una cisterna de piedra, con un balde de madera a la izquierda y una cabeza de león que vierte agua en una pila a la derecha. El encabezado impreso dice 'De causis mundi Elementaris efficientibus' y la leyenda inferior dice 'Applicatio ad hominem'.

Português: Vaca bebendo em uma fonte, gravura de Robert Fludd

Uma gravura em preto e branco mostra uma vaca bebendo de uma bica que alimenta uma bacia sobre uma cisterna de pedra, com um balde de madeira à esquerda e uma cabeça de leão que despeja água em uma bacia à direita. O cabeçalho impresso diz 'De causis mundi Elementaris efficientibus' e a legenda abaixo diz 'Applicatio ad hominem'.

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