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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

PURMANN, Matthäus Gottfried (1649 – 1711)

1649 – 1711

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1690

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Der rechte und warhafftige Feldscher.

PURMANN, Matthäus Gottfried (1649 – 1711)

Purmann was a skilful army surgeon – one of the most famous of the period. Despite this he believed in the efficacy of the weapon-salve and the sympathetic powder.