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Amputation, Lorenz Heister, 1718
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Amputation, Lorenz Heister, 1718
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Amputation, Lorenz Heister, 1718. Lorenz Heister (1683-1758) was a German anatomist, surgeon and botanist whose best-known work is Chirurgie, a book on surgery originally published in 1718, from which this 1739 illustration derives. He coined the word "tracheotomy." He is credited with being the first physician to perform a post-mortem section of appendicitis. Colorized.
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1718 • 1739 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • AMPUTATING • AMPUTATION • ANATOMY: LEG • CELEBRITY • CENTURY • CHIRURGIE • COLORIZED • DOCTOR • ENGRAVING • ENHANCED • FAMOUS • GERMAN • GERMANS • HEISTER • HISTORIC • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INSTRUMENT • LEG • LEG, ANATOMY • LEGS • LORENZ • MALE • MAN • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MEDICO • MEN • OPERATION • PATIENT • PERSON • PHYSICIAN • SAWING • SURGEON • SURGERY • SURGICAL • TOOL
