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France, 19 C. 2 half
The rare French amputation kit, 18 century, contains the typical instruments of a trauma and military surgeon, such as hand drills, trephine heads, amputation saw, brush to clean the operative field. The case has two compartments, has original key.
Germany, 20 C. 1 half
Paramedic carries wounded soldier on his back, ca. 1935, Schusso, Germany
LIBRARY
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.
Germany, 19 C. 2 half
Pirogov, Nikolay Ivanovich
PIROGOV, Nikolay Ivanovich (1810-1881). Grundzuge der allgemeinen Kriegschirurgie nach Reminiscenzen aus den Kriegen in der Krim und im Kaukasus und aus der Hospitalpraxis (Principles of general war surgery after reminiscences from the wars in the Crimea and the Caucasus and from hospital practice), Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, 1864. 8vo (218 x 139 mm), in German language. First world edition
France, 18 C.
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie démontrées au Jardin Royal par M Dionis, Premier chirurgien de feues Mesdames les Dauphines et chirurgien Juré à Paris, en dix démonstrations (Course of surgical operations demonstrated at the Royal Garden by M Dionis, First surgeon to the late Mesdames les Dauphines and Sworn surgeon in Paris, in ten demonstrations). Published by the widow of Houry, printer and bookseller to Mgr le Duc d'Orléans, rue St Séverin, near rue St Jacques. Paris, 1773. Two volumes. A classic work on surgery, reprinted several times throughout the 18th century. Dionis' lessons cover the whole of operative medicine in ten demonstrations, from the lower abdomen to the head and eyes. Additional remarks by La Faye present discoveries made since the first edition, published in 1707.
PEOPLE
Ambroise Paré (1510-1590), considered to be 'père de la chirurgie française' (father of French surgery).
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.
Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Николай Иванович Пирогов; 25.11.1810 – 5.12.1881) was a renowned Russian surgeon, "The father of Russian field surgery" and "The father of Russian topography anatomy", scientist, professor of surgery, publicist and author. Pirogov promoted surgical anaesthesia in Russia, was the first who describe some negative effects and possible complications of general anaesthesia. He was one of the first introducing ether anaesthesia on the battlefield.