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25 entries published in this place. (Zürich, CH)
1541
#13142
Libellus de lacte, et operibus lactariis, philologus pariter ac medicus; cum Epistola ad Iacobum Avienum de montium admiratione.
The first book on Alpinism and mountaineering. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link. English translation by H. B. D. Soulé as Conrad Gesner: On the admiration of mountains; the prefatory letter addresse…
1545 –1555
#6743
Bibliotheca universalis, sive catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus, in tribus linguis. Latina, Graeca, and Hebraica. 3 vols. and appendix.
This was one of the first attempts at a universal bibliography. Unfortunately the section on medicine (liber xxi) was never published. William Osler used the Bibliotheca universalis as one of the models for his own Bi…
1551 –1587
#280
Historia animalium. 5 vols.
Gesner's Historia animalium is considered one of the starting points of modern zoology; it contains 4,500 pages and nearly 1,000 woodcuts, some by Albrecht Dürer. The illustrations are the first original zoological il…
1554
#463
Ein schön lustig Trostbüchle von den Empfengknussen und Geburten der Menschen…
An improved version of Rösslin’s Swangern frawen. This contains the first true anatomical pictures in an obstetrics book. Rueff described smooth-edged forceps for delivery of a live baby, preceding Chamberlen, and a t…
1555
#5562
De chirurgia scriptores optimi quique veteres et recentiores, plerique in Germania antehac non editi.
A collection made by Gesner of various surgical works by ancient and recent authors including M. A. Blondus, A. Bolognini, G. Dondi, A. Ferri, Galen, C. Gesner, J.Langius, B. Maggi, Marianus Sanctus, Oribasius, and J.…
1555
#13141
De raris et admirandis herbis, qvae sive qvod noctv luceant, siue alias ob causas, Lvnariae nominantur, Commentariolus : & obiter de alijs etiam rebus quae in tenebris lucent. Inseruntur & Icones quaedam herbarum nouae. Eivsdem descriptio Montis Fracti, siue Montis Pilati, iuxta Lucernam in Helvetia. His accedunt Io. Dv Chovl G. F. Lugdunensis, Pilati Montis in Gallia Descriptio. Io. Rhellicani Stockhornias, qua Stockhornus mons altissimus in Bernensium Helvetiorum agro, versibus Heroicis describitur.
Contains Gesner's second work on mountaineering, his description of the Riven Mountain, commonly called Mount Pilatus, Eivsdem descriptio Montis Fracti, siue Montis Pilati, iuxta Lucernam in Helvetia. Digital facsimil…
1556
#7087
Claudii Aeliani... opera, quae extant omnia: Graece Latineque e regione, uti versa hac pagina commemorantur... Conradi Gesneri.
![AELIANUS, Claudius [Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός] (175 – 235)](/media/portraits/10094)
First edition in print, edited by Conrad Gessner, of Aelianus's collected works, including On the nature of animals (On the characteristics of animals). Aelianus was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourish…
1565
#11489
Calculorum qui in corpore ac membris hominum innascuntur, genera XII. depicta descriptaque, cum historiis singulorum admirandis.
The first treatise to specifically on urinary calculi and gallstones, with each of the 12 chapters exploring a part of the human body where such stones are found (gall bladder, kidneys, bladder, etc.). Additionally, t…
1565
#11490
De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquote, plerique nunc primum editi.
A collection of eight separate tracts, most with their own title page, by seven authors, all edited, and some with commentary by Gesner. The work is relevant for the history of "natural history" for containing Kentman…
1767
#5090
Von der Ruhr unter dem Volke im Jahr 1765.
The first important monograph on bacillary dysentery. Translated into English by C. R. Hopson as A treatise on the dysentery, with a description of the epidemic dysentery that happened in Switzerland in the year 1765 …
1771 –1772
#1833
Bibliotheca botanica. 2 vols.
This was the first of the several bibliographies compiled by Haller, one of the greatest figures in the history of medicine. The work contains the most exhaustive and thorough information of the writings in the field …
1774 –1777
#438
Bibliotheca anatomica. 2 vols.
Haller is one of the greatest names in medical bibliography. While pursuing his monumental scientific career he found time to compile bibliographies of botany, anatomy, medicine and surgery which together form the mos…
1844
#1501
Untersuchungen zur Kenntniss des körnigen Pigments der Wirbelthiere in physiologischer und pathologischer Hinsicht.
Includes a description of “Bruch’s membrane” of the choroid.
1916
#9559
Mikroskopischer Atlas des menschlichen Gehirns: Die Medulla Oblongata: (das verlängerte Mark).
Very large format. Digital facsimile from Universität Heidelberg at this link.
1918
#13905
Die Stacheldraht-Krankheit: Beiträge zur Psychologie des Kriegsgefangenen. 2 vols.
Translated into English as Barbed wire disease: A psychological study of prisoners of war. Translated from the German, with additions. London: Bale & Danielson, 1919.
1921
#7746
Wunder in uns. Ein Bch von menschlichen Körper für Jedermann von Hanns Günther [Walter de Haas].
Remarkable illustrations in the 1920's "modernizing" industrial style later, made more famous by Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) who got his start by contributing an essay to this work. Günther was the pseudonym of the popular…
1922
#6581
Über Medizin und Krankenpflege im Mittelalter in Schweizerischen Landen.
1927
#6298
Missgeburten und Wundergestalten in Einblattdrucken und Handzeichnungen des 16. Jahrhunderts.
1935
#10831
1000 Ärzte gegen die Vivisektion (wissenschaftliche Tierfolter) wegen ihrer Grausamkeit und Nutzlosigkeit.
Considered a classic of the anti-vivisection movement.
1953
#6495.5
Die tibetische Medizinphilosophie. Der Mensch als Mikrokosmos.
2nd edition, 1965.
1958
#9740
Herbals of five centuries. A contribution to medical history and bibliography.
1967
#6485.2
Der Beginn des medizinischen Denkens bei den Griechen von Homer bis Hippokrates.
1982 –1986
#11940
Die Entwicklung der Rezept- und Arzneibuchliteratur. Vol. 1: Altertum und Mittelalter. 1982. Vol. 2: Die Autoren, ihre Werke und die Fortschritte im 16. Jahrhundert. 1984 Vol. 3: Die Arzneibücher und schweizerischen Pharmakopöen vom 17.-20. Jahrhundert. 1986.
2005
#8566
Pedanius Dioscorides of Anazarbus, De materia medica. Translated by Lily Y. Beck. (Altertumswissenschaftliche Texte und Studien, vol. 38).
![DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90)](/media/portraits/2028)
A new English translation, directly from the Greek text edited by Wellmann, and thoroughly indexed.
2008
#14360
The Zurich Paracelsus Project. General editor: Urs Leo Gantenbein. Digital Edition.
A digital edition from the Center for Medieval Studies Zurich: https://www.paracelsus.uzh.ch/index.html "Alterius not sit, qui suus esse potest." "Who can be himself, shall not belong to someone else." "This was the m…