TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The traumatologist and the battlefield: The book that changed the history of traumatology
JO  - Journal of trauma and acute care surgery
A1  - Di Matteo, Berardo
A1  - Tarabella, Vittorio
A1  - Filardo, Giuseppe
A1  - Viganò, Anna
A1  - Tomba, Patrizia
A1  - Marcacci, Maurilio
SP  - 339
EP  - 343
VL  - 74
IS  - 1
N2  - This is a brief historical essay about the 16th century European military surgeon Hans von Gersdorff (approximately 1455 to 1529 in Strasbourg) and his epochal illustrated text, Feldbuch der Wundtartzney (Field Book of Surgery), the first manual of traumatology describing the treatment of battle injuries covering topics ranging from human anatomy to pharmacy, as a guide to field surgery, and explaining the use of surgical instruments developed by Gersdorff himself; for the first time in medical history, a precursor to scientific books for practitioners, this manual is a precious source of information, and it is illustrated by hand-colored woodcuts, attributed to distinguished German renaissance artist Hans Wechtlin; this combination of text and pictures made the Feldbuch a point of reference in the process of arriving at modern traumatology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2163-0755
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31827d0c9b
ID  - ref1
ER  -