Fabricius Hildanus

Fabricius Hildanus

Painting of Hildanus (William Fabry) conducting a mastectomy on a young woman

photochemical reproduction

"Fabricius Hildanus (1560-1634) a noteds surgeon who practiced in Bern, Switzerland, was the first to advocate removal of both breast and axillary glands in carinoma mammae. He denounced the red hot knives and..."

A similar print is on Pean in the NLM collection - likely from same source

Artist uses exact same woman from portrait of Charcot with hysterical female patient. the man in background is the same. Even the woman appears in similar positioning but is thrown in a different state of hysteria.

NLM
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101416473

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE 1927-1937 SUTURES IN ANCIENT SURGERY PHOTO PRINTS~DAVIS & CLARK INC. PORTFOLIO ~ 49 LEJAREN A HILLER PHOTOS~Pebbled Mottled Paper Embossed with Gold Letters Portfolio contains 49 Relief Halftone Photogravures Prints that are all loose with a tissue paper guard for each photo print~These series of dramtic & graphic print advertisements photos feature surgeons & surgeons performing using sutures from Ancient times ie BC & AD to 1600's all of which featured prints are by noted artist and photographer Lejaren � Hiller~Hiller (1880-1969) was born in Milwaukee and began his career in photography in 1902~The original photos from this series have been donated to the Art Institute of Chicago~This collection has won wide notoriety, including the Bok award for 1937 and was issued as a promotional item by Davis & Geck Co., founded in Brooklyn in 1909 & a well-known manufacturer of sutures~The company gained prestige from 1927 - 1950 through a series of dramatic print advertisements entitled “Sutures in Ancient Surgery”~Reportedly, a total of 50 photos were published by 1944~This Portofolio up for auction has 49 Different Photo prints once belonging to a Maine Doctor~Each page measures 9-1/2" x 12" with a small photo image measuring 5-1/4" X 6-1/4" on each page~Featured Photos are FABRICUS HILDANUS 1560-1634, AVICENNA, JEREMIAS TRAUTMAN OF WITTENBERG 1610, JACQUES GUILLEMEAU 1550-1609, PIERRE FRANCO, GIOVANNI ANDREA DALL CROCE Mid-16th Century, ASPASIA 5th-6th Century, HEINRICH VON PFOLSPEUNDT 1460, ETIENNE GOURMELEN 1581, FELIX WURTZ circa 1500-1575, AMBROISE PARE 1517-1590 & GABRIELE FERRARA Early 17th Century