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Opuscula nuper in lucem aedita quorum nomina proxima habentur pagella.

Publication Details

Venice: Bernardinus Vitalis, 1525 CE.

Thomaeus's commentary on Aristotle's Mechanica includes an explanation of the action of a dental forceps illustrated with two small woodcut illustrations on page XXXXI. This was the first printed dental illustration. The work also include's commentaries on Aristotle's De motu animalium and De animalium incessu.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Thomaeus's first image of dental forceps

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Entry Number#12773
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15019
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External URLopuscula-nuper-in-lucem-aedita-quorum-nomina-proxima-habentur-pagella

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice