De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem

Item Information

Title:
De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem
Description:
This landmark text—the first work devoted to plastic surgery and reconstruction—was produced by Gaspare Tagliacozzi, a professor of anatomy and surgery at Bologna. The De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem (“On the surgical restoration of defects by grafting”) describes the theory and practice of operations to repair the nose, lips, and ears using skin grafts taken from the upper arm of the patient. Selection of four engravings from Gaspare Tagliacozzi's 1597 De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem
Creator:
Tagliacozzi, Gaspare, 1545-1599
Date:
1597
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Margaret and J. J. Longacre Memorial Library of Plastic Surgery
Margaret and J. J. Longacre Memorial Library of Plastic Surgery, in the Boston Medical Library (f RD118.T12 c.2)
Series:
Boston Medical Library > Margaret and J. J. Longacre Memorial Library of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
Tagliacozzi, Gaspare, 1545-1599
Engravings (prints)
Surgery, plastic
Extent:
4 engravings
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13091
Terms of Use:
The Boston Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu
Contact host institution for more information.
Publisher:
Apud Gasparem Bindonum iuniorem
Notes:
Bequest of Jacob James Longacre, M.D., to the Boston Medical Library, 1977
Identifier:
DigID0002845-48