Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 190

JEAN TAGAULT (d. 1545) Institutione di cirugia . . . libri cinque. Aggiuntovi il sesto libro . . . di Giacomo Hollerio. Presso Nicolò Moretti 1596 [20] 421 ll., illus. 14.6 cm.

Appearing originally in Latin in 1543, this widely used book by a French surgeon who based his text largely on Guy de Chauliac (see No. 107 ff.) was translated into Italian, French, and German. It treats of the nature and cure of wounds, tumors, hernias, ulcers, fractures, and dislocations. A sixth book by Jacques Houllier (see No. 254) describes the tools of surgery. Several interesting woodcuts appear to be reduced copies of plates from Vesalius' Tabulae anatomicae sex.

See Related Record(s): 107 254

Cited references: Cushing (other editions); Durling 4308; Waller (other editions); Wellcome (other editions)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.