Text on urinomancy or uroscopy. Circle of twenty different colored urine-glasses issuing from a tree with seven branches and seven fruits inscribed with kinds of diseases. Ink and watercolor, circa 1420-30. Uroscopy is the historic medical practice of visually examining a patient's urine for pus, blood, or other symptoms of disease. It dates back to ancient Egypt, Babylon, and India.

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