Creator Bio
Samuel Benavente
16th–17th Centuries
Samuel Benavente was a surgeon in Amsterdam, where, in 1710, he became the first Jewish physician to be admitted to the surgeon’s guild.
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Surgical Illustration
These pages are from a manuscript, De dificuldade de ourinar (On Difficulty in Urinating), by a Jewish physician and surgeon in Amsterdam, Samuel de Leon Benavente (1643–1722). He was known for his…