. . . in 1611 the king (Danish King Christian IV) instructed a number of provincial towns to provide him with a specified number of surgeons by Easter, and similarly in 1645, when a naval force was being equipped, the king informed his local administration that a number of cities and town were to be prepared and ready to send surgeons to the capital ‘with well-equipped chests’ at a short notice. The title page of William Clowes’ tract, ‘A Prooved Practice for All Young Chirurgians’ (1588) shows what an army surgeon’s chest looked like and what instruments it included (Plate 3.20) ~ Page 132
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