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rhIE SIXTEENTH CENTURY l(i3
in spite of its being torhiclden them, except ni tans, to administer medica-
ments and to perform surgical operations.'
In 1460 there appeared in (iermanv a book on Surger\ b\ Heinrich
von Pfolsprundt, Knight of the Teutonic Order.- The author had
accjuired great experience as surgeon in the mihtar\ expeditions of his
order, and we see from his book that he was ver\ skilled in the cure
of wounds and fractures. On the other hand, he shows himself hostile
to every bloody operation with the exception of rhinoplast. Pains of
the teeth and gums were cured b\ him by means of beverages.^
lcin/xo\jOct allerleikram
auf6 t>cm (B'ale»to/2ruicf«fta/mcrwc/
Comclio (Cel(o vnt> {m^cxnn\t\^x
t)cr Qix^nt^ JDoctom / (cl^r
le(crt.
Title pati;c of Zahnarznev buchkin.
' Geist-Jacobi, Geschichte der Zalinfieilkunde, p. 80.
^ A religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, viz.,
during the third crusade. The original object of the association was to defend the Christian
religion against the infidels, and to take care of the sick in the Holy Land.
^ Geist-Jacobi, Geschichte der Zahnheilkunde, p. 82.
