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A young, naked man with a wreathed head: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.

Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

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

Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.

Two human figures illustrating the reduction of dislocations of the foramen ovale and the dorsum ilii. Coloured pen drawing by G.E. Blenkins, 1831.

A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.

Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

The upper body and head and ways of bandaging them. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.

Namatu uṭal / Mā. Ēkāmparanātaṉ.

Bodies, sex and desire from the Renaissance to the present / edited by Kate Fisher and Sarah Toulalan.

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Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

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Namatu uṭal / Mā. Ēkāmparanātaṉ.

Bodies, sex and desire from the Renaissance to the present / edited by Kate Fisher and Sarah Toulalan.

Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

FCK OFF.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.