Notes on surgery, derived from a private lecture by Pehr Hamnerin. Hamnerin graduated MD in 1738, so this document is tentatively dated to when Linnaeus visited Hamnerin in 1746 (see Carl Linnaeus to Abraham Bäck, 16 September 1746, The Linnaean correspondence, linnaeus.c18.net, letter L0733.)
Contents
p. 1. Title 'D. Petri Hammerini | Praelect: Chirurg: privat.' underlined
Starts with definition of surgery, which has three parts.
p. 3. Another definition of surgery: 'Chirurgia est ars medica, qua externe applicatis me=|diis sanitas amissa recuperatur h. aequalis conservatur'
'Scriptores optimi': List of the best authors - not an alphabetical list, and leaves blank space at the end to be able to add more.
p. 4. Types of afflictions: 'Affectus sunt 5 Tumorus, Ulcera, [insert: Sirrhus] Vulnera, Luxationes, Fracturae' followd by a dichotomous diagram of the different types of tumours. Underneath the diagram, the logical division: 'Classis I Sect. 4 Genera'
p. 5. another list of tumours? Crossed out. + types of Ulcera and Vulnera, arranged as in a dichotomous diagram but without the lines.
p. 7. 'Instrumenta': description of the instruments needed for surgery. In the forms of lists, including a numbered one.
p. 8-9. 'Phlegmones': its definition, resolution, how it heals. Includes a little dichotomous diagram to describe the external cures available.
p. 10. short notes on 'Emollientia', 'Caustica', and other.
pp. 11-19. List of afflictions followed by a short description and their respective cures, starting with 'Ophtalmia'. It follows approximately the list of afflictions in the dichotomous diagram on p. 4
pp. 20-21. list of different bandages, how to make them and how to put them on the patient. It follows a description of fractures and dislocations.
p. 22. 'Vulnus' [=wound]
p. 24. 'Inflama[ti]o colli'