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Hernia

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Images about Hernia

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  • M0007820: Hernia and scrotal dressing, from Cheyne: <i>Antiseptic Surgery</i> (1882)
  • M0007800: Incision for inguinal hernia, from Cheyne: <i>Antiseptic Surgery</i> (1882)
  • Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances.
  • Hernias: a femoral hernia, an inguinal hernia and an inguinal abdominal hernia. Etching by E. Mitchell, ca. 1809.
  • The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia / by Henry O. Marcy.
  • A treatise on hernia, explaining its varieties, situation, symptoms, and causes : to which is added a full description of the construction and application of the most approved mechanical remedies / By G.S. Acret, truss maker, 39, Houndsditch.
  • Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances.
  • M0007817: Hernia and scrotal dressings, from Cheyne: <i>Antiseptic Surgery</i> (1882) / M0007819: Hernia and scrotal dressings from the left side, from Cheyne: <i>Antiseptic Surgery</i> (1882)
  • A treatise on hernia, explaining its varieties, situation, symptoms, and causes : to which is added a full description of the construction and application of the most approved mechanical remedies / By G.S. Acret, truss maker, 39, Houndsditch.
  • Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances.
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Works from the collections

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    Practica copiosa von dem richten Grundt dess Bruch Schnidts (Lindau, 1559-67) / Caspar Stromayr.

    Stromayr, Caspar. | Date: [1994], ©1994
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    Cleft palate and adenoids. Treatment of simple fractures by operation. Diseases of joints. Operative treatment of Cancer. Acquired deformities. Antrectomy. Hernia, etc / W. Arbuthnot Lane.

    Lane, William Arbuthnot, 1856-1943. | Date: [1900]
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    The miracles of St. Artemios : a collection of miracle stories by an anonymous author of seventh century Byzantium / by Virgil S. Crisafulli and John W. Nesbitt ; translated by Virgil S. Crisafulli, with an introduction by John W. Nesbitt and commentary by Virgil S. Crisafulli and John W. Nesbitt ; supplemented by a reprinted Greek text and an essay by John F. Haldon.

    | Date: 1997
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    Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

    Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841. | Date: 1822
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    Die Krankheiten der Harnblase / von Robert Ultzmann ; nach dessen Tode Herausgegeben von Moritz Schustler.

    Ultzmann, Robert, 1842-1889. | Date: 1890
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