The title page of the Fieldbook

Hans von Gersdorff, also known as Schyl-Hans (approx. 1455 – 1529), was a German surgeon who published the Feldbuch der Wundarzney ("Field book of surgery") in 1517 (published by Johannes Schott in Strasbourg^[1]), with instructions for procedures such as amputation. It was illustrated with woodcuts attributed to Hans Wechtlin.^[2]

Gallery

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  Der verwundete Mann (The wounded man) (page 21)
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  Die Eingeweide (The intestines)
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  Aderlasspunkte. (Points for blood-letting) (page 16)
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  Die Knochenanatomie (Anatomy of the skeleton)
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  Behandlung einer Schädelwunde (Treatment of a skull injury)
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  Amputation (Gersdorff (?))

Literature

• Hans von Gersdorff: Feldbuch der Wundarznei. (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1967). Reprint of the 1517 edition.
• August Hirsch (1879), "Gersdorff, Hans", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 57
• Ernest Wickersheimer (1964), "Gersdorff, Hans von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 322–323
• Johann Ludwig Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration. Trans. and annotated by Mortimer Frank. (New York: Hafner, 1962). S. 162-166.
• Morton's Medical Bibliography (Garrison and Morton). Ed. By Jeremy Norman. 5th ed. (Aldershot, Hants., England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower Pub. Co., 1991). No. 5560.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans von Gersdorff.

• Hans von Gersdorff in the German National Library catalogue
• Digitalisierte Werke von Gersdorff Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine - SICD der Universitäten von Strasbourg
• Images from Feldtbůch der Wundtartzney From The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library