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unusual facts about Chirurgia magna


Chirurgia magna

The physician and bibliophile Tibulle Desbarreaux-Bernard (1798–1800) believed that the Chirurgia magna was originally written in Catalan at the medical school in Montpellier, and that the Latin text is an early translation.


Henri de Mondeville

This is the first medieval treatise on surgery but was eclipsed by the more famous Guy de Chauliac's Chirurgia magna.


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