Hieronymus Brunschwig

Hieronymus Brunschwig (* 1450 in Strasbourg, † 1512 in Strasbourg ) was a German physician and author.

Life and work

Hieronymus Brunschwig studied medicine in Paris, Bologna and Padua. He was especially wound physician and surgeon and exemplary were his methods of treatment of gunshot wounds. After several years of activity in southern Germany, he was the end of the century in Strasbourg city doctor. He authored several books, including more than distilling, who found widespread.

Writings (selection )

• The Book of Cirurgia. Hantwirckung the Wundartzney. John Green Ingersoll, Strasbourg 1497th ( digitized )
• Liber de arte de distillandi simplicibus. John Green Ingersoll, Strasbourg 1500 ( digitized ).
• Liber de arte de Distillandi Compositis: The Book of were to distill art. John Green Ingersoll, Strasbourg Strasbourg 1512 ( digitized, PDF file, 76.18 MB, information on the exhibition Göttingen treasures ).
• The Distilierbuoch: the buoch the right art to distilieren distilieren and the water to burn angezögt with figures useful to human flesh in gesuntheit zubehalten / first time by Jeronimo Brunschweick zus coli giert ... John Green Ingersoll, Strasbourg 1521 ( digitized ).
• Apotheck for gemeynen Man, to ask the Ertzte, the good is not vermügens or otherwise Ynn the nott not allwege erreychen kan: vleissig corr. Rhaw ...., Wittemberg in 1529 ( digitized version of the University and State Library Dusseldorf ).
• The book to distill the acapulco gethonen thing: Composita genant ... - by neiiwenn resist gedr Johann Green Ingersoll, Strasbourg 1532 ( digitized ).
• Hauß apoteck to yeden abdomen infirmities, for the gemainen man, and the poor samenn Landvolck / by Hieronymum Brunswick getrewlich wear unnd given on day. Stayner, Augspurg 1541 ( digitized version of the University and State Library Dusseldorf ).