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

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.

Boer War: the dispensary and surgery in a hospital train. Halftone, c. 1900.

A surgeon treating a male patient's leg. Engraving.

An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.

Two surgeons treating two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeons' dishes are hanging from the ceiling. Line engraving by W. Kilian, 1652, after C. Ortz.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Line engraving by F.A. Schröder after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

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Surgical clinics

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A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

Boer War: the dispensary and surgery in a hospital train. Halftone, c. 1900.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Line engraving by F.A. Schröder after A. Brouwer.

Surgical clinics

Images from the collections

Images about Surgical clinics

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A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph after A. Brouwer.

Boer War: the dispensary and surgery in a hospital train. Halftone, c. 1900.

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Line engraving by F.A. Schröder after A. Brouwer.

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