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Johannes de Ketham was a Germanphysician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century. Little is known about him, but he has been identified by many as a physician practicing inVienna in 1460 named Johannes von Kirchheim.[1]
Ketham is known today for producing the monumentalFasciculus Medicinae, which was first published inVenice in 1491.Fasciculus medicinae was the first printed book to contain anatomical illustrations. The text is a collection of short medical treatises edited by Ketham, many of which are from themedieval period.
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