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Germany, 18 C.
Purmann, Matthaeus Gottfried
Der aufrichtige und erfahrne Pest-Barbierer (The sincere and experienced plague barber) by Matthæus Gottfried Purmann (1648–1711), surgeon and city physician in Breslau... Frankfurt and Leipzig, published by Michael Rohrlach, bookseller in Liegnitz, 1708
Germany, 18 C.
Purmann, Matthaeus Gottfried
Der rechte und wahrhafftige Feldscher / Oder/ Die rechte und warhafftige Feldschers-Kunst ... (The Right and True Field Surgeon/ Or / The Right and True Art of the Field Surgeon) by Matthæus Gottfried Purmann, surgeon and city physician in Breslau... Frankfurt and Leipzig, published by Michael Rohrlach, bookseller in Liegnitz, 1708
Germany, 17 C.
Purmann, Matthaeus Gottfried
Fifty remarkable and extraordinary cures of gunshot wounds and other injuries in Pomerania, which occurred during the sieges of Wolgast, Anklam, Demmin, Stettin, Greifswald, Stralsund, and the capture of the island of Rügen, and how these were treated according to the most proper and reliable therapeutic methods and successfully cured... by Matthæus Gottfried Purmann, surgeon and city physician in Breslau... Frankfurt and Leipzig, published by Michael Rohrlach, bookseller in Liegnitz, 1693.
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Matthaeus Gottfried Purmann or Matthäus Gottfried Purrmann (1648–1711), Silesian surgeon and city doctor (Stadt-Physicus) of Breslau. He is known for his detailed study of moxibustion, in 1668, he performed the first in Germany blood transfusion from a lamb to a human (xenotransfusion), and was very active author of German-language surgical manuals.
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Despite extensive research into the history of blood transfusion, the earliest steps in the field of haemotransfusion are sometimes interpreted differently and historical priorities are assessed differently. This article summarizes the main milestones and the most influenced inventors (William Harvey, Richard Lower, Jean-Baptiste Denis, Guglielmo Riva, Matthaeus Purmann, James Blundell, Karl Landsteiner) of the so-called Chirurgia Infusoria and provides references to primary sources.