About Hans von Gersdorff
Lived 1455 – 1529 (aged 73–74). Hans von Gersdorff was a German and French surgeon, physician and feldsher.
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 ), with instructions for procedures such as amputation. It was illustrated with woodcuts attributed to Hans Wechtlin.
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Literature Hans von Gersdorff: Feldbuch der Wundarznei. (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1967). Reprint of the 1517 edition.
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.
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Who was Hans von Gersdorff?
German surgeon
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Hans von Gersdorff was born in 1455.
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Hans von Gersdorff died in 1529 in Strasbourg.
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Hans von Gersdorff was a surgeon, physician and feldsher.
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Hans von Gersdorff was German and French.
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