- Source: Hans von Gersdorff
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.
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.
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External links
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