1743 Chirurgie, zur Wund-Artzney - Lorenz Heister, 4th Edition 37 Copper Plates

Description: D. Laurentii Heisters, Braunschweig-Lüngeburgischer Hof-Rath und Leib-Medicus [...] Chirurgie, in welchem alles, was zur Wund-Artzney gehört, nach der neuesten und besten Art gründlich abgehandelt, und in vielen Kupffer-Tafeln die neu -erfundene und dienlichste Instrumente, nebst den bekemsten Handgriffen der Chirurgischen Operationen und Bandagen deutlich vorgestellet werden. Vierte stark verbesserte und verbesserte Auflage. Nürnberg, bei Johann Stein's seel. Wittib, 1743. 37 out of 38 plates (ONE LACKING; unsure which plate as some plate numbers are lacking at top edges), Title page lacking, 1078 pp, re-backed spine, 8.5 x 7", 8vo. In fair condition. Full leather boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine professionally restored & almost seamlessly meet original leather spine. Gilt lettering on spine chipped; barely legible. All edges sprayed red (dulled). Previous ownership bookplate found on front paste-down: "EHK." Pen marginalia found on top edge of front paste-down. Pen marginalia found on front end-page (verso): "This Book Belongs to John Senseneck, I Have Bought it for three Pound in the year of ou Lord A.D. 1769; ...Bought from Doctor Senseneck This Book for Three Pound fifteen Shilling in the Year of our Lord A.d. 1820." Bottom corner of front end-page lacking. Title page lacking (facsimile will be provided). Normal age-related toning throughout text-block; mostly at edges of leaves. Four-leaf clover found pressed between 777-778 pp. Fold-outs are also professionally restored with fresh paper to repair tears & holes. Fold-outs are attached to fore-edges of leaves; some fold-outs were attached to wrong leaves (according to index). Rear end-page (recto) exhibits similar marginalia as front end-page. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Lorenz Heister (Latin: Laurentius Heister) (1683 – 1758) was a German anatomist, surgeon and botanist born in Frankfurt am Main. From 1702 to 1706 Heister studied at the Universities of Giessen and Wetzlar, afterwards relocating to Amsterdam, where he studied anatomy under Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731). In the summer of 1707, he was an assistant physician in field hospitals at Brussels and Ghent during the War of the Spanish Succession. He then traveled to Leiden, where he studied anatomy under Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1653–1721) and Govert Bidloo (1649–1713), also attending Hermann Boerhaave’s lectures on chemistry and ocular diseases. In 1708 he earned his doctorate from the University of Harderwijk, and in the summer of 1709, rejoined the Dutch military as a field surgeon during the Siege of Tournai. Shortly afterwards, he distinguished himself in treatment of the wounded from the Battle of Malplaquet. In 1711 he was appointed professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Altdorf, and from 1720, was a professor of anatomy and surgery at Helmstedt, where he remained for the rest of his life. During his tenure at Helmstedt, he also taught classes in botany and practical medicine. In 1730 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Among his numerous writings, his best-known work is Chirurgie, a book on surgery that was translated into several languages. It was used extensively in Japan, and was still employed as a standard text at Vienna as late as 1838. Considered the first text-book on surgery written in German that was not written by a surgeon but a doctor. Fourth Edition. One plate lacking, title page lacking. RAREE1743JQRX 06/24 - HK1755

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