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Historical Bibliography Updated: October 13, 2022

Χειροπλοθήκη seu armamentarium chirurgicum.

Publication Details

Ulm: imp. B. Kühnen, 1655 CE.

Scultetus is famous for his illustrations of surgical procedures and both surgical and dental instruments. With respect to dentistry he describes and illustrates stomatological operations and includes fine illustrations of extraction instruments. The first edition was the only edition published in folio format. This was the most popular surgical text of the 17th century. It underwent numerous editions and translations. That with the most expanded text and illustrations was published in Amsterdam, 1672. English translation from a less expanded Dutch edition, London, 1674. Digital facsimile of 1655 edition from Google Books at this link.

 

 

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#3669.1
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/6982
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLseu-armamentarium-chirurgicum

Geographic Context

Publication place: Ulm

Mentioned in annotation: Amsterdam; London