Medical, chirurgical and anatomical cases and observations / Translated from the German original by George Wirgman [With preface by P. Shaw and introduction by D. Cox].

  • Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758
Date:
1755
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Credit: Medical, chirurgical and anatomical cases and observations / Translated from the German original by George Wirgman [With preface by P. Shaw and introduction by D. Cox]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    what niedical, anatomical, and chirurgical obfervatioas I had by me, came to me, and defired that he might have the publication of this work; informing me, at the fame time, that he would undertake both to print, and to procure*the engraving the plates proper to illuftrate the fubjeds, and whatever elfe I fliould'think neceffary, offering, at the fame time, to make me a proper recompence.—We accordingly agreed, and began lafl year to print off the work at Mr. Leuchart’s at Helmfladt, as I was defirous of having it done under my own infpedion. In this work are included feveral obfervations and improvements I have made in anatomy, in which I have accurately defcribed whatever I thought extraordinary; in like manner, what I have experienced ufeful in the pradice of phyfic and furgery, I have endeavoured to defcribe diflindly and clearly in every circumftance, which I apprehended might tend to the inftrudion of the young praditioner. . In the courfe of thefe obfervations I have not confined myfelf to a re¬ gular difpofition of the heads, viz. the anatomical, medical, and chirur¬ gical, but have inferted them from year to year, as they occurred, from the time I firft began to fludy phyfic. Firft, I have inferted every material occurrence relating to thefe three parts of phyfic while I ftudied in Germany j for in this book I fhall not in¬ troduce any botanical obfervations. . Thefe are fucceeded by thofe obfervations I made in the Auflrian Nether¬ lands, during nearly the five years refidence, and the three campaigns, I made in thofe countries, of which I have feledcd, from a great number, thofe cafes I judged to be mofl: worthy recording, having omitted the more common cafes, except fome few, which are retained for reafons here¬ after mentioned. Next follow thofe obfervations I made during my abode at AltdorfF, in the charadler of profefTor of phyfic, furgery, and anatomy^ from the year 1710 to lyzOj in the feveral countries fubjedt to Nurenberg, Bavaria, Anf- pach, Sulzbach, Suabia, aud the Upper-Palatinate j thefe contain many confultations concerning patients in thefe parts, both in phyfic and furgery, whofe complaints I endeavoured to cure i3y the neweft and beft approved methods. The