Cyrurgia parua Guidonis. Cyrurgia Albucasis cu[m] cauterijs [et] alijs instrumentis. Tractatus de oculis Jesu hali Tractatus de oculis Canamusali.

Venetijs, per Bonetum Locatellum, 1500.

"Guy de Chauliac was the most eminent surgeon of his time; his authority remained for some 200 years. He distinguished the various kinds of hernia from varicocele, hydrocele, and sacrocele, and described an operation for the radical cure of hernia. Chauliac discussed the anatomy of the teeth and their eruption. He also listed the maladies to which the teeth are subject, and their cures, including hygienic rules which for the most part remain true today, He described the double-lever pelican and its method of use, he also records how surgeons were using botanic methods to prevent their patients from feeling pain during operations" (Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition, Edited by Jeremy M. Norman)..

"Born in Auvergne, France, the most celebrated surgeon in the 14th century. He was a student of the Italian anatomist Mundinus who eliminated astrology and mysticism from surgery. He extracted cataracts, resected tumors and performed other operations which are described in his Chirugia Magna" (A Dictionary of the History of Medicine, Anton Sebastian).

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