Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 391

ISRAEL SPACH, COMPILER (1560-1610) Gynaeciorum. Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri 1597 [36] 28, 1080 [33] pp., illus. 32.1 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 390

In the Renaissance there was a growth of interest in diseases of women and encyclopedic works on the subject were issued by Caspar Wolf (see No. 364) and Caspar Bauhin (see No. 392). They constituted compilations of the best that had been written up to their time. Spach, a Strasbourg physician, reprinted most of Wolf's and Bauhin's compilations and added several other treatises. Included in this huge collection are works by Platter, Moschion, Le Boë, Montanus, Paré, and many others. The work is profusely illustrated with woodcuts of anatomical subjects (some taken from Vesalius), as well as of various instruments for medical and surgical treatment.

See Related Record(s): 364 392

Cited references: Durling 2254; Garrison-Morton 6013; Waller 9096; Wellcome 6030

Gift of John Martin, M.D.