Lorenz Heister, Surgical Instruments, Etching, 1750

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Surgical instruments is part of the suite realized by lorenz heister in the series of institutiones chirurgicae, amsterdam, janssonius-waesberg, 1750. … more Surgical instruments is part of the suite realized by lorenz heister in the series of institutiones chirurgicae, amsterdam, janssonius-waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work belongs to the latin edition of the famous work by the founder of modern surgery, first published in 1718. "his surgery owes its great success to the fact that heister used the best sources and knew how to give his teachings the anatomical basis everywhere" (hirsch-hübotter). Ref. Hirsch-hübotter iii, 141. Waller i, 4263. See wellcome iii, 237 good conditions this piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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