Piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support for the movement of a part of the body

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A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.

M0007820: Hernia and scrotal dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

Nurses being lectured on bandaging using a mannequin on a hospital ward. Drawing by J. Belon.

Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.

M0007813: Dressing for abscess with drainage tube, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse treating wounded servians in an Usicza hospital. Coloured wood engraving.

Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.

Triangular bandage for the shoulder / W.D. & H.O. Wills.

M0007814: Abscess dressing from behind, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007815: Lumbar abscess dressing from behind, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

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

Franco-Prussian War: French wounded being treated at Metz. Wood engraving by J.W.B.

A surgeon extracting a guinea worm from a man's leg, in the background is a similar scene after a successful operation, a surgeon is holding a long worm. Photograph of a halftone after an engraving by J. Luyken.

Les bandages l'orthopédie et les appareils à pansements : description iconographique / par Léon et Jules Rainal frères.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

A brief description of surgical apparatus : intended to accompany a series of delineations of the most important mechanical auxiliaries of surgery / by Henry T. Chapman.

Specification of Alfred Ford : fomenting pad.

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Bandages

Images from the collections

Images about Bandages

Works from the collections

Les bandages l'orthopédie et les appareils à pansements : description iconographique / par Léon et Jules Rainal frères.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

A brief description of surgical apparatus : intended to accompany a series of delineations of the most important mechanical auxiliaries of surgery / by Henry T. Chapman.

Specification of Alfred Ford : fomenting pad.

Bandages

Images from the collections

Images about Bandages

Works from the collections

Les bandages l'orthopédie et les appareils à pansements : description iconographique / par Léon et Jules Rainal frères.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

A brief description of surgical apparatus : intended to accompany a series of delineations of the most important mechanical auxiliaries of surgery / by Henry T. Chapman.

Specification of Alfred Ford : fomenting pad.

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