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A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.

Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.

A splint for a broken limb. Etching by J. Bell.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

A diagram of a head illustrating a jaw and chin brace. Stipple print by J. Bell.

Five kinds of treatment in hospitals and elsewhere. Wood engraving, 1881.

Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.

A patient jumping up and screaming with pain while a surgeon is treating his leg; an onlooking woman seems to be pleading with the surgeon. Etching by J.G. van Vliet, c. 1630.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Prinzipien und Technik der heutigen Wundbehandlung / von Max Jaffé.

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

Durch welche Arbeiten können sich im Kriege die Frauen nützlich machen? : ein brief an die Vorsitzende eines Hülfsvereines / von Friedrich Esmarch.

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor. Lithograph by J. Linnell, 1845, after J. Severn.

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A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Prinzipien und Technik der heutigen Wundbehandlung / von Max Jaffé.

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

Durch welche Arbeiten können sich im Kriege die Frauen nützlich machen? : ein brief an die Vorsitzende eines Hülfsvereines / von Friedrich Esmarch.

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor. Lithograph by J. Linnell, 1845, after J. Severn.