COLLECTION

Amputation Surgical Cased Set, Carriére, France, XIX c.
Amputation Surgical Cased Set, Charriére, France, XIX c.

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.

Set of Amputation saws in Josephinum
Surgical Cased Sets Collection in Josephinum

Austria, 18 C.

A collection of 65 sets of surgical instruments made by Viennese craftsman Joseph Malliard under the direction of Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla, an Italian-born Austrian surgeon eighteenth-century innovator in military surgery. Today, this collection, known as the “Instrumentarium Chirurgicum Militare Austriacum” is on display at the Josephinum Museum, Vienna

LIBRARY

PIROGOV, Nikolay Ivanovich (1810-1881) at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War
Grundzuge der allgemeinen Kriegschirurgie, 1864

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 (Vol.I: 224 x 152 x 27 mm), in German language. The world's first edition

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. 

Title pages of the book "Cours d'opérations de chirurgie démontrées au Jardin Royal par M Dionis", Paris 1773
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie démontrées au Jardin Royal par M Dionis... in 2 Vol.

France, 18 C.

La Faye, Georg de

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.

Zimmer, A. Wehrmedizin - Kriegserfahrungen 1939–1943, Franz Deuticke, Wien, 1944. In 3 bands
Wehrmedizin. Kriegserfahrungen 1939-1943

Austria, 20 C. 1 half

Wehrmedizin. Kriegserfahrungen 1939-1943 (Military Medicine. War experiences 1939–1943). Published by Franz Deuticke, Wien, 1944. In three bands. Format gr.8vo. Edited by Generalstabsarzt Prof. Dr. A. Zimmer. Volumes 1 and 2: Kriegschirurgie (Military Surgery), volume 3: Interne Medizin und Neurologie (Internal Medicine and Neurology). Zimmer, A. Wehrmedizin - Kriegserfahrungen 1939–1943, Franz Deuticke, Wien, 1944. In 3 bands

Feldtbuch der Wundartzney

Germany, 16 C.

Gersdorff, Hans von

Hans von Gersdorff (ca. 1455-1529), Feldtbuch der Wundtartzney (German: "Field Book of Wound Medicine).   

Pirogoff N. Principles of general war surgery after reminiscences from the wars in the Crimea and the Caucasus and from hospital practice, Leipzig, 1864. In 2 bands
Grundzüge der allgemeinen Kriegschirurgie, 1864 in 2 vol.

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, Leipzig, F. C. W. Vogel, 1864. In 2 Volumes (1: iv, 1-528 pp. and 2: 529-1168 pp., 1 nn Errata page). 'Principles of general war surgery after reminiscences from the wars in the Crimea and the Caucasus and from hospital practice' in German language. The world's first edition.

PEOPLE

Ambroise Paré, fragment of the engraving portrait dated 1582. Credit: Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Santé, Paris.
Paré, Ambroise

Ambroise Paré (1510-1590), considered to be 'père de la chirurgie française' (father of French surgery).

Nikolay Pirogov painted by Ilya Repin in 1881
Pirogov, Nikolay Ivanovich

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 Russian Empire, was the first who describe some negative effects and possible complications of general anaesthesia. He was one of the first in the world introducing ether anaesthesia on the battlefield.

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.

The field-surgeon performing leg's amputation. Illustration from the Feldtbuch Der Wundarzney by Hans von Gersdorff. Source: The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine, USA
Gersdorff, Hans von

Hans von Gersdorff (1455-1529) was a German surgeon and medical writer who lived during the 15th and early 16th centuries. He is best known for his military surgical experience and his influential medical manual, the Feldtbuch der Wundarzney (Field Book of Wound Medicine), which became one of the most widely used surgical textbooks in medieval Europe. His work played a crucial role in shaping the field of surgery, particularly in the treatment of battlefield injuries, amputations, and wound care.

 

 

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla, barone di Carpiano
Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla, Baron di Carpiano(San Zenone al Po, April 15, 1728 – Padua, July 30, 1800, was a great Italian and Austrian surgeon, Court Surgeon of the Emperor Joseph II, founder and the first director of the Military Medicine-Surgical Academy Josephinum, Vienna, Austria

MUSEUM

Anatomical Venus, wax female model. Josephinum, Medical History Museum Vienna
Josephinum Medical History Museum in Vienna

Austria, Vienna

The Josephinum in Vienna is a renowned medical history museum situated in the historical building of the Medical-Surgical Joseph's Academy established in 1785 under Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Today, the museum houses the collections of the Medical University of Vienna, celebrated for its one of the world's largest anatomical wax models collection, which were crafted between 1784 and 1786 by Florence masters including renowned Clemente Susini. These models provide detailed insights into human anatomy and have been pivotal in medical education. After comprehensive renovations, the Josephinum reopened its doors in September 2022, offering visitors a blend of historical artifacts and modern exhibitions that chronicle over 650 years of medical history.