Crafting Medicine by Tillmann Taape - 9780226840581

Crafting MedicineArtisans, Knowledge, and the Common Man in Hieronymus Brunschwig's Books on Surgery and Distillation\nAuthor(s): Tillmann Taape\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226840581, 978-0226840581\nSynopsis\nHow an early modern surgeon and his accessible writings changed medical expertise and the communication of medical knowledge.\n Between 1497 and 1512, Hieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450ca. 1530), an obscure craftsman from Strasbourg, wrote books on surgery and pharmacy that transformed medical expertise, how it was codified in print, and how it was communicated to new audiences. Brunschwig was an unlikely author. He apprenticed as a surgeon in the local guild and dispensed medicines from his own shop. But he was remarkably well-read in surgery, alchemy, and medical theory, even if he lacked a university education. His unique authorial voice spoke to the healing practices of craftsm.