Opera chirurgica: in pentateuchum, et operationes chirurgicas distincta, 1666

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Title

Opera chirurgica: in pentateuchum, et operationes chirurgicas distincta, 1666

Date

1666

Description

Surgical operations: in the Pentateuch, and distinct surgical operations
Hieronymous Fabricius ab Aquapendente
(c. 1533–c. 1619)

The instrument in the center with two handles is a cannula, a thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medicine, drain fluid, or insert a surgical instrument.

Identifier

5.8.03.4

Rights

Courtesy of the H. Winnett Orr Collection, on loan from the American College of Surgeons

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