Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 96

HENRI DE MONDEVILLE (ca. 1260-ca. 1320) Chirurgie. Félix Alcan 1893 lxxxii, 903 pp., front., diagrs. 27.6 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 95

Mondeville's chief work, the Cyrurgia, was written between 1306 and 1320 and contains his basic teachings. An encyclopedic text, it covers Mondeville's views and practices of medical ethics, anatomy, surgery, physiology, and therapeutics. He advocated cleanliness in treating wounds and was opposed to the use of salves. He believed that suppuration hindered wound healing and routinely used ligation instead of cautery. The Cyrurgia was not published until 1892 when Pagel, after studying manuscripts at Berlin, Erfurt, and Paris, published the original Latin text. The present French translation by Jules Édouard Nicaise (1838-1896) is from a codex at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. In addition to Mondeville's text, Nicaise has provided a valuable historical introduction as well as a biography and a then-current bibliography.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 45; Osler 3433; Waller 6619

Gift of John Martin, M.D.