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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 14, 2020

Pfolspeundt: Buch der Bündth-Ertznei. Hrsg. von H. Haeser und A. Middeldorpf.

Publication Details

Berlin: G. Reimer, 1868 CE.

Although not printed until 1868, this treatise was written about 1460, and is the first work of the early German surgeons. Pfolspeundt was a Bavarian army surgeon; his book includes the first allusion to the extraction of bullets, and gives an account of rhinoplasty. Some authorities have used the name “Pfolsprundt”; for an explanation of this mistake, see Muffat, in S. B. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss. München, 1869, 1, 564. It includes the earliest western account of rhinoplasty after Celsus, probably learned from one of the Brancas, itinerant Sicilian surgeons of the early 15th century. Pfolspeundt also described harelip and its treatment. Digital facsimile from Heinrich Heine Universität Dusseldorf at this link.

 

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5558
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7429
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLbuch-der-bndthertznei

Geographic Context

Publication place: Berlin