Cours d'operations de chirurgie: demonstrees au Jardin royal.
A Paris : Chez Laurent D'Houry, rue saint Severin, au St Esprit, vi-s-vis la rue Zacharie, 1707.

"During the 17th and 18th centuries, surgery advanced training and technique, and as it did so anatomy became increasingly important to it. In the absence of anesthesias, surgeons did their work at high speed. A specialized knowledge of anatomy was essential. Under the influence of such men as John and William Hunter, Pierre Dionis, William Cheselden, and Antonio Scarpa, a practical anatomy for surgeons took shape which stressed a topographical approach to the body. Anatomical atlases were produced with special aids to memory which included triangles or quadrangles used to identify surgically significant areas" (Encyclopedia of Medical History).

Dionis taught operative surgery at the Jardin-du-Roi, Paris, a famous training ground for surgeons.

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