Armamentarium chirurgicum, 1656
Item
Title
Armamentarium chirurgicum, 1656
Date
1656
Description
Surgical equipment
Johannes Scultetus
(1595–1645)
Figures I-II: Removal of a gangrenous uvula.
Figures III-V: Illustration of a tracheotomy.
Figure VI: Treatment of a tumor below the ear.
Figure VII: Surgeon using a red-hot iron to cauterize the back of the head of a patient with apoplexy and sleeping diseases. It was believed that these conditions cause suffering from, “cold, wet tempers of the brain.”
Figures VIII-X: Inserting a seton to allow for the drainage of humours.
Johannes Scultetus
(1595–1645)
Figures I-II: Removal of a gangrenous uvula.
Figures III-V: Illustration of a tracheotomy.
Figure VI: Treatment of a tumor below the ear.
Figure VII: Surgeon using a red-hot iron to cauterize the back of the head of a patient with apoplexy and sleeping diseases. It was believed that these conditions cause suffering from, “cold, wet tempers of the brain.”
Figures VIII-X: Inserting a seton to allow for the drainage of humours.
Identifier
5.6.03.6
Rights
Courtesy of the H. Winnett Orr Collection, on loan from the American College of Surgeons