{"product_id":"fabricius-von-hilden-wilhelm-with-severino-marco-aurelio","title":"FABRICIUS von HILDEN, Wilhelm. [with] SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of the German physician Christoph Helwig (1642-90), trained at Leipzig and professor of medicine at Greifswald, his hometown, from 1667. In the 1660s, he travelled extensively to London, Paris, and Italy. Johann August Burchard (1800-66) was professor of medicine at Breslau, and author of some works on pathology.  \u003cbr\u003e\n A, good, clean copy of the first collected edition, charmingly illustrated, of Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden s (1560-1634) works. Raised in a poor family, Fabricius could not afford to study at university, so he became a physician by working as an apprentice barber-surgeon.  This folio edition of his collected works includes his separately published monographs on dysentery, burns, lithotomy, and anatomy. Congenital malformations, skull fractures, carcinoma of the eye and penis, hydrocele, gangrene, mineral water baths, the concept of removing some healthy tissue along with the necrotic tissue in amputation, and a special operation for hernia are among the many topics discussed in his writings. Among the numerous instruments and appliances he designed were a bullet extractor, a tourniquet for controlling hemorrhage, a urinal for ambulatory use, and a field-chest of drugs and instruments for use by the army  (Heirs of Hippocrates). Originally published in 6 parts, 'Observationum and curationum  is especially interesting as it comprises 600 surgical observations, with an account of the condition, treatment, and prognosis, and references to similar cases as described by other major physicians of the time, e.g., Bahunin and Harvey. . . ..Fabricius  work was here issued with Marco Aurelio Severino s (1580-1656) professor of surgery and medicine at Naples, and correspondent of important personalities such as Harvey and Vesling. His desire to attempt new procedures often brought him to clash with other practitioners. His  De efficaci medicina , here in its first edition, begins with an examination of the state of surgery at the time, its efficacy, and, in two sections in particular, a defense from the accusation of causing needless pain to his patients (in this case, due to a new method for the removal of varicose veins) as well as  cruelty  in the administration of surgery. Part I discusses angiology, with sections on the dissection of vessels, phlebotomy, and numerous techniques of incision to operate on blood vessels. Part II examines surgery for the healing of bones, and Part III focuses on surgical  pyrotechnia , that is the use of burning irons and fire (cauterization) for therapeutical purposes, following methods employed by the ancient Egyptians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FABRICIUS von HILDEN, Wilhelm. [with] SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868713066831,"sku":"L4372","price":2950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/20250822_170429-1.png?v=1781793389","url":"https:\/\/sokol-books-ltd.myshopify.com\/products\/fabricius-von-hilden-wilhelm-with-severino-marco-aurelio","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}