Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 366

HIERONYMUS FABRICIUS AB AQUAPENDENTE (ca. 1533-1619) Opera chirurgica. Apud Franciscum Bolzettam 1641 Pt. I: [26] 204 pp.; Pt. II: [15] 187 pp., 2 plates. 30.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 365

The first edition of this textbook of surgery was published in 1617 and described techniques entirely new for that age. It was reprinted many times, even into the eighteenth century.

Cited references: Cushing F9 (1647 ed.); Waller 2890 (1647 ed.); Wellcome III, p. 4

Gift of John Martin, M.D.