Creator
Victor von Bruns
Title
Chirurgischer Atlas [Surgical atlas].
Coverage
Tubingen
Publisher
H. Laupp’schen
Date
1854
Description
Victor von Bruns was a German surgeon in the 19th century and a founding member of the German Society of Surgery. He is most known for his work in plastic surgery and laryngology. He gained fame with his elegant reconstructions of the lip and cheek following trauma or surgical resections for disease and cancer. He also popularized the usage of absorbent cotton dressings, which has since become normal operating practice in the treatment of wounds. In this surgical atlas, von Bruns discusses many surgeries of the head and neck. The illustrations are both exquisite and detailed.