Hans von Gersdorff also known as Schyl-Hans, (* approx. 1455; † 1529 in Straßburg

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 was an exceptional surgeon of his time. He published in 1519 the Feldbuch der Wundarzney (Field book of surgery) illustrated with wood cut works attributed to Hans Wechtlin

Hans Wechtlin

Johann, Johannes or Hans Wechtlin was a German Renaissance artist, active between at least 1502 and 1526, whose woodcuts are his only certainly surviving work...

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Literatur

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• Hans von Gerssdorff: `` Feldbuch der wundartzney `` Nachdruck 1517 / Archiv DHBG D-91608 Geslau

c/o Hans G.Christoph

• Johann Ludwig Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration. Trans. and annotated by Mortimer Frank. (New York: Hafner, 1962). S. 162-166.
• Hans von Gersdorff: Feldbuch der Wundarznei. (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1967). Nachdruck der Edition von 1517.
• 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.

External links

• Digitalisierte Werke von Gersdorff - SICD der Universitäten von Strasbourg