Surgical instruments in a cabinet

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Title

Surgical instruments in a cabinet

Description

1 print : woodcut ; border 20.2 x 13.5 cm

Source

Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/xnsmnxdn

Publisher

[Strasbourg?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1500 and 1599]

Relation

This is a copy from the Feldbuch der Wundartzney written by H. von Gersdorf (Alsatian) with many of the illustrations by Johann Ulrich Wechtlin (thought to be the earliest European depictions of surgery), first published in 1517

Collection

Surgical Tracts

Citation

“Surgical instruments in a cabinet,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/422.