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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Severall chirurgicall treatises.

Publication Details

London: R. Royston, 1676 CE.

Wiseman ranks in surgery as high as does Sydenham in medicine. He made many valuable contributions to the subject; he was the first to describe tuberculosis of the joints (“tumor albus”) and he gave a good account of gunshot wounds. Wiseman became surgeon to Charles II in 1672. Books V, VI, and VII reprinted, Bath, Kingsmead, 1977.

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Entry Number#5573
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6989
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLseverall-chirurgicall-treatises

Geographic Context

Publication place: London