Name/Title
Uroscopy flaskDescription
Uroscopy, or “water casting,” was the practice of diagnosing disease through the examination of urine and its varying colors, consistency, smell, and sometimes taste. Uroscopy was taught as early as the second century by Galen and remained an important part of medical diagnosis for the next fifteen hundred years.
Physicians frequently used uroscopy wheels for diagnostic purposes in order to compare the color of urine in various illnesses as seen in "Fasciculo Medicina" (1493) by Johannes de Ketham.
One of the earliest representations of uroscopy was by Hans von Gersdorff (1456-1517) when he illustrated urine being examined by twin brothers, the Saints Cosmas and Damien in Feldtbüch der Wundartzney (1517).Dimensions
Height
8 inWidth
6 inDepth
6 inCondition
Overall Condition
Very GoodDate Examined
Jul 8, 2026Create Date
July 8, 2026Update Date
August 26, 2026
