Lenhart Steinmann
Lenhart Steinmann (* in Willisau ; bl. Around 1567 in Lübeck ) was a Swiss surgeon .
The Swiss surgeon, who worked as a stone cutter in Lübeck around 1567 and surgically removed several bladder stones successfully, in one operation according to Kenckel's notes, has only come down to us from the house book of Bremen's Mayor Detmar Kenckel . He was also known as a fracture cutter (= surgeon for hernias ) in northern Germany and worked as an assistant with Magister David Greve from Braunschweig .
literature
- Heinrich Smidt (Ed.): From Detmar Kenckel's estate (Bremen family papers from the 16th century) in: Bremisches Jahrbuch , 7th volume, Bremen [1874], p. 17 ( digitized version )
- Adolf Hofmeister : Steinmann, Lenhart . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 746.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinmann, Lenhart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1567 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Willisau |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1567 |