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Device for dislocated shoulders

About This Item

Title

Device for dislocated shoulders

Subject

Orthopedic Equipment
Shoulder Dislocation
Book Illustrations

Description

Woodcut printed by Petrus Treueris, artist unknown.
A patient with his left arm in a device used for correcting dislocated shoulders or elbows. One man turns the wheel to operate the device while another attends to the patient.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Source

Buch der Cirurgia, Hieronymus Brunschwig's handbook of surgery, was first printed in 1497 by Johann Grüninger. The work was intended for aspiring barbers and surgeons, and includes compiled knowledge of past surgeons along with the experiences of Brunschwig himself. Many of the woodcut illustrations are only loosely related to the text, consist of composites, and reappear throughout the text and in other works printed by Grüninger.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1525

Contributor

Treveris, Peter, active 1522-1532

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_25-1.63v

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

21 x 13 cm

Citation

“Device for dislocated shoulders,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1698.