Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 367

HIERONYMUS FABRICIUS AB AQUAPENDENTE (ca. 1533-1619) Opera chirurgica. Ex officina Boutesteniana 1723 [12] pp., 140, 140a-140q, 141-744 columns [24] pp., [9] fold. plates. 33 cm.

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

This eighteenth-century edition of Fabricius' surgical works contains nine finely engraved copperplates depicting surgical instruments and prosthetic devices. This copy was once in the library of the world-famous orthopedic surgeon and teacher, Arthur Steindler (1878-1959).

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

Gift of Hans L. Ehrenhaft, M.D