Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 920.5

FRANCISCO CANIVELL (ca. 1721-ca. 1797) Tratado de vendages y apositos : para el uso de los reales colegios de cirugia : ilustrado con diez laminas, en que se manifiestan los apositos necessarios à cada operacion, tanto separados, como aplicados con sus correspondientes vendages para la mas facil inteligencia de los principiantes. En la Imprenta de Teresa Piferrer viuda 1763 [8], 144 p., 10 folded leaves of plates : ill. 21 cm (4to).

Francisco Canivell was the assistant surgeon major of the Royal Navy of Spain, and master of the Royal School of surgery of Cádiz. This work is a treatise on bandages and dressings for the use of schools of surgery, illustrated with ten plates, showing dressings necessary to each operation, as applied with corresponding bandages for easy understanding by beginners.

Cited references: Waller #1748; Wellcome II p.295