Johann of Wiesbaden

Johann von Wiesbaden ( French . Jean Gispaden , * 15th century; † 15th century) was a German-French surgeon from Wiesbaden in the second half of the 15th century, who initially traveled as a traveling surgeon from Beaucaire from the Mediterranean to Crete and then settled first in Grenoble and later in Annecy .

It is of importance in medical history due to its manual , which has been kept for several decades and is preserved in the manuscript BNF lat. 7138. The bundle of 247 sheets contains entries in three languages ​​( German, French and Latin tinged with Rhenish Franconia ) and includes excerpts from surgical textbooks (Wilhelm von Saliceto, Bernhard Alberti, Antonio dalla Scarperia), diary-like notes and case descriptions of his treatments as well as some important illustrations. His case descriptions mostly only indicate the place of treatment, but also the name of the patient in 142 cases. Among them were the highest religious dignitaries, members of male and female convents, members of the middle and lower nobility, the bourgeoisie and the lower classes. Johann von Wiesbaden died at the end of the 15th century.

Surgical instruments drawn by Johanns von Wiesbaden, Paris, BNF ms. lat. 7138

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literature

• Karl Sudhoff: A contribution to the history of anatomy in the Middle Ages, especially anatomical graphics based on manuscripts from the 9th to 15th centuries . Barth, Leipzig 1908 (= studies on the history of medicine, 4), Nachdr. Olms, Hildesheim 1964, pp. 42–44
• Ernest Wickersheimer : Maitre Jean Gispaden, chirurgien annécien et grenoblois de la fin du XVe siécle . Imprimerie A. Kundig, Geneva 1926
• Gundolf Keil: Art. Johann von Wiesbaden (Gispaden) , in: Wolfgang Stammler u. a. (Ed.), The German Literature of the Middle Ages: Author's Lexicon , 2nd Edition, Volume 11, de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2002, col. 803-805