Bibliotheca Chirurgica
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Bibliotheca Chirurgica is a comprehensive 18th-century bibliographical work on surgical literature compiled by the Swiss polymath and physician Albrecht von Haller.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bibliotheca Chirurgica canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bibliotheca Chirurgica Context triple: [Albrecht von Haller, notableWork, Bibliotheca Chirurgica]
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A.
Observationes medicae
Observationes medicae is a 17th-century collection of medical case histories that became an influential early work in clinical observation and pathology.
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B.
Hunterian school of surgery
The Hunterian school of surgery was an influential 18th-century surgical tradition founded on the anatomical research and teaching methods of John Hunter, which helped transform surgery into a more scientific discipline.
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C.
Codex Nuttall
Codex Nuttall is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, history, and religious narratives of Mixtec rulers and communities in what is now southern Mexico.
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D.
Annals
Annals is a major historical work by the Roman historian Tacitus that chronicles the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus to the reign of Nero.
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E.
"The Scalpel, The Sword" (biography)
"The Scalpel, The Sword" is a biography that chronicles the life, medical innovations, and political activism of Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bibliotheca Chirurgica Target entity description: Bibliotheca Chirurgica is a comprehensive 18th-century bibliographical work on surgical literature compiled by the Swiss polymath and physician Albrecht von Haller.
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A.
Observationes medicae
Observationes medicae is a 17th-century collection of medical case histories that became an influential early work in clinical observation and pathology.
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B.
Hunterian school of surgery
The Hunterian school of surgery was an influential 18th-century surgical tradition founded on the anatomical research and teaching methods of John Hunter, which helped transform surgery into a more scientific discipline.
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C.
Codex Nuttall
Codex Nuttall is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, history, and religious narratives of Mixtec rulers and communities in what is now southern Mexico.
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D.
Annals
Annals is a major historical work by the Roman historian Tacitus that chronicles the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus to the reign of Nero.
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E.
"The Scalpel, The Sword" (biography)
"The Scalpel, The Sword" is a biography that chronicles the life, medical innovations, and political activism of Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographical work
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book ⓘ medical bibliography ⓘ |
| author | Albrecht von Haller ⓘ |
| compiler | Albrecht von Haller ⓘ |
| compilerCitizenship | Swiss ⓘ |
| compilerOccupation |
physician
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polymath ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| describedAs | comprehensive bibliographical work on surgical literature ⓘ |
| field |
history of medicine
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history of surgery ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| genre |
bibliography
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
entries on surgical authors
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entries on surgical treatises ⓘ references to printed surgical works ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
surgery
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surgical literature ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| purpose |
to catalogue surgical literature
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to provide a reference work for surgeons and physicians ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Bibliotheca Anatomica
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Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | early surgical literature up to the 18th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
bibliographers of medicine
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historians of surgery ⓘ medical historians ⓘ |
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Subject: Bibliotheca Chirurgica Description of subject: Bibliotheca Chirurgica is a comprehensive 18th-century bibliographical work on surgical literature compiled by the Swiss polymath and physician Albrecht von Haller.
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