BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus [Brunschwygk, Braunschweig] (1450 – 1512)
1450 – 1512
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1497 CE
#5559
Das ist das buch der Cirurgia
The first important printed surgical treatise in German. It combines a compilation of the ancient and medieval authorities with Brunschwig’s own extensive experience. It contains the first detailed account of gu…
1525 CE
#368.01
The noble experyence of the vertuous handywarke of surgeri.
This translation of Brunschwig’s surgery (No. 5559) includes the first anatomical text printed in English, a 13-page section with 4 woodcuts. Facsimile, Amsterdam, 1973.