Surgical instruments. Engraving by G. Georgi, 1656.

  • Georgi, Giovanni, active 1617-1656.
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[1656]
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586777i
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Surgical instruments. Engraving by G. Georgi, 1656. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Top, a curved knife. Left, a cannula and a hammer. Right, scrapers and scalpel-blades. Centre, a cranial trepan. Below, chisels and a drillbit. For descriptions of the instruments, see H. Fabricius ab Aquapendente, De chirurgicis operationibus, in his Opera chirurgica, Padua: F. Bolzetta, 1641, at the pages indicated on the engraving

Publication/Creation

[Patavii] [Padua] : [Apud Mattheum Cadorinum], [1656]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 29 x 20.5 cm

Lettering

Culter falcatus ad sinus aperiendos P. 141 ... Clavus modiolus P. Gio. Georgi. fecit. Bears letter: C

Edition

Second state, with letter C added top right.

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Wellcome Collection 586777i

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