FABRICIUS von HILDEN, Wilhelm. [with] SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio.

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From the library of the German physician Christoph Helwig (1642-90), trained at Leipzig and professor of medicine at Greifswald, his hometown, from 1667. In the 1660s, he travelled extensively to London, Paris, and Italy. Johann August Burchard (1800-66) was professor of medicine at Breslau, and author of some works on pathology. A, good, clean copy of the first collected edition, charmingly illustrated, of Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden s (1560-1634) works. Raised in a poor family, Fabricius could not afford to study at university, so he became a physician by working as an apprentice barber-surgeon. This folio edition of his collected works includes his separately published monographs on dysentery, burns, lithotomy, and anatomy. Congenital malformations, skull fractures, carcinoma of the eye and penis, hydrocele, gangrene, mineral water baths, the concept of removing some healthy tissue along with the necrotic tissue in amputation, and a special operation for hernia are among the many topics discussed in his writings. Among the numerous instruments and appliances he designed were a bullet extractor, a tourniquet for controlling hemorrhage, a urinal for ambulatory use, and a field-chest of drugs and instruments for use by the army (Heirs of Hippocrates). Originally published in 6 parts, 'Observationum and curationum is especially interesting as it comprises 600 surgical observations, with an account of the condition, treatment, and prognosis, and references to similar cases as

• Binding: Hardcover

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