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Historical Bibliography Updated: October 13, 2022

Feldtbuch der wundartzney.

Publication Details

Strassburg, Austria: J. Schott, 1517 CE.

Gersdorff performed nearly 200 amputations. He opposed Paré’s abandonment of boiling oil for the cauterization of wounds. The book contains some instructive pictures of early surgical procedures and includes the first printed picture of an amputation. It also contains a famous image of a craniotomy. Reprinted, Darmstadt, 1967. Digital facsimile from Heidelberger historische Bestände at this link.

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External URLfeldtbuch-der-wundartzney

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Darmstadt