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Chirurgie 1673 Lorenz Heister Title Page
Chirurgie, in welcher alles, was zur Wundarzney (Surgery, in which everything that belongs to...)

Germany, 18 C.

Heister, Lorenz

Lorenz Heister (1683-1758). Chirurgie, in welcher alles, was zur Wundarzney gehöret, nach der neuesten und besten Art, gründlich abgehandelt... ("Surgery, in which everything that belongs to the surgical procedure is thoroughly dealt with in the latest and best way..."). 16+1078+24 pages, 38 engravings. Publisher: Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg, 1763. 

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Lorenz Heister German surgeon and anatomist 18 century
Heister, Lorenz

Lorenz Heister, an 18th-century prominent German surgeon, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Altdorf, Germany. He authored influential books translated into multiple languages, leaving a lasting impact on medical education, including famous "Chirurgie, in welcher alles was zur Wund Artzney gehöret, nach der neuesten und besten Art, gründlich abgehandelt wird." translated in all main European languages.