1456
Aderlasskalender.
The Aderlasskalender for the year 1457, also known as the Laxierkalender, was issued in Mainz, printed in the type of the 36-line Bible, presumably in 1456. It survives in only one incomplete copy in the Bibliothèque …
GMN 6818 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8981
1467 MAURUS, Rabanus [Hrabanus; Rhabanus] (780 – 856)
De sermonum proprietate sive Opus de universo.
Also known as De rerum naturis. This dictionary or encyclopedia is the earliest known printed book to include a section dealing with medicine, and this brief section, Book 18, Chap. V concerning medicine and diseases,…
GMN 2190 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1380
1473 METLINGER, Bartholomäus ( – 1491)
Regiment der jungen Kinder.
This work has very little originality, being mainly derived from the Arabic physicians of 500 years before, but is noteworthy as being the first book on pediatrics printed in German. It includes what is probably the f…
GMN 6316 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8074
1475 MEGENBERG, Konrad von (1309 – 1374)
Buch der Natur.
The first printed book to contain illustrations of animals, and the first notable scientific book in German. It discusses animals, birds, fish, anatomy, physiology, plagues, the medicinal value of plants and stones, e…
GMN 276.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8810
1491 LOUFFENBURG, Heinrich von (Laufenberg) (1391 – 1460)
Versehung des Leibs.
Written in 1429, this didactic poem is the first known text to be devoted to the normal physiology and common illnesses of children. It was written in old Swabian, and its author was a monk. The poem was probably inte…
GMN 6314 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8066
1497 BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus [Brunschwygk, Braunschweig] (1450 – 1512)
Das ist das buch der Cirurgia
The first important printed surgical treatise in German. It combines a compilation of the ancient and medieval authorities with Brunschwig’s own extensive experience. It contains the first detailed account of gunshot …
GMN 5559 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6911
1868 HAESER, Heinrich (1811 – 1884); MIDDELDORPF, Albrecht Theodor (1824 – 1868); PFOLSPEUNDT, Heinrich von [Pfolsprundt] (1440 – )
Pfolspeundt: Buch der Bündth-Ertznei. Hrsg. von H. Haeser und A. Middeldorpf.
Although not printed until 1868, this treatise was written about 1460, and is the first work of the early German surgeons. Pfolspeundt was a Bavarian army surgeon; his book includes the first allusion to the extractio…
GMN 5558 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7429
1884 LECHNER, Karl
Die grosse Sterben in Deutschland in den Jahren 1348 bis 1351 und die folgenden Pestepidemien bis zum Schluss des 14. Jahrhunderts.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 9237 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11419
1936 EGERT, Ferdinand Paul
Gynäkologische Fragmente aus dem frühen Mittelalter: nach einer Petersburger Handschrift aus dem VIII.-IX. Jahrhundert zum ersten Mal gedruckt.
GMN 11896 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14101
1939 PLATEARIUS, Matthaeus (1130 – 1180); WÖLFEL, Hans
Das Arzneidrogenbuch Circa Instans in einer Fassung des XIII. Jahrhunderts aus der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen. Text und Kommentar als Beitrag zur Pflanzen- und Drogenkunde des Mittelalters by Hans Wölfel.
GMN 8449 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10626
1989 STOLL, Ulrich; KEIL, Gundolf (1932 – )
Das Lorscher Arzneibuch. Band 1: Faksimile der Handschrift Msc. Med. 1 der Staatsbibliothek Bamberg. Band 2: Übersetzung [...] von Ulrich Stoll und Gundolf Keil unter Mitwirkung von Albert Ohlmeyer. 2 vols.
The Lorschner Arzneibuch (Codex Bambergensis medicinalis 1; Lorsch Leechbook), a Carolingian codex from the time of Charlemagne, was written in Latin around 800 in Lorsch Abbey. It is the oldest surviving book of mona…
GMN 8446 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10623
1998 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, (Hildegard von Bingen; Hildegardis Bingensis) (1098 – 1179); THROOP, Priscilla B. (1946 – 2016)
Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The complete English translation of her classic work on health and healing. Translated from the Latin by Priscilla Throop. Illustrations by Mary Elder Jacobsen.
GMN 8458 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10635
2004 RIECKE, Jörg (1960 – 2019)
Die Frühgeschichte der mittelalterlichen medizinischen Fachsprache im Deutschen: Bd 1: Untersuchungen. Bd 2: Wörterbuch.
GMN 14080 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16391
