Hieronymus Brunschwig or Hieronymus Brunschwygk (ca. 1450 ??ca. 1512); was a German surgeon (?žwund artzot??; alchemist and botanist. He was notable for his methods of treatment of gunshot wounds and for his early work on distillation techniques. His most influential book was the Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (also called Kleines Destillierbuch). Reprint from the original publication in 1512 in Strasbourg