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MEDICAL THESES
ON THE DIVINE
AND ADMIRABLE FOR-
MATION OF MAN IN THE WOMB:
Which, with the favor of the Divine Being, by the decree of the most ample and most gracious Order of Physicians, in the renowned Academy of Basel, for the purpose of attaining the highest degree in the Medical art, he has undertaken to defend:
Master PAUL SESSER of Aldenburg in Meissen,
On the 17th day before the Kalends of May April 15th, at the usual hour and place.
A grotesque mask is surrounded by scrolling acanthus-like ornaments.
BASEL, PRINTED BY LEONHARD OSTEINIUS, YEAR 1581.