

902
<p>Seconda ricercata edizione. Le molte xilografie a corredo del testo raffigurano i principali strumenti e le procedure chirurgiche utilizzati nelle sale operatorie del XV secolo e in precedenza, in progressione cronologica. Cfr. <em>Heirs of Hippocrates </em>266 (I ediz): «The present work is Croce's major contribution and is chiefly an historical compilation of the writings of the important authorities from Hippocrates to Abulcasis. Croce's recommendations for wound management are surprisingly modern and are similar to some of those used during the early years of this century. Noteworthy in his <em>Chirurgiae </em>are the many excellent illustrations that appear throughout the text»; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Castiglioni </span>409; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Durling</span> 1805; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Garrison-Morton</span> 4850.4 (ed. 1573); <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hirsch </span>II, 145; <em>Walleriana</em> 2276; <em>Wellcome </em>I, 1669.</p>