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Surgery

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Medicine

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Images from the collections

Images about Surgery

279 images from works
  • Perineal rupture repair - operation on dog
  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • Preparing for the neutering operation, dog
  • A surgeon setting a leg with the aid of three assistants, observed by onlookers, in front of walls on which various surgical instruments are arranged. Engraving by Jacob van Meurs, 1657.
  • On Surgery and Instruments, 1973
  • J. Scultetus, Armamentarium Chirurgicum, 1657
  • Military Medicine: field surgery pannier, 1905
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • School of Surgery, Paris: panoramic view. Aquatint.
  • Johannes Scultetus, Armamentarium chirurgicum
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Works from the collections

1,152 works

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Petit, Jean Louis (1674-1750)

    Petit, Jean Louis, 1674-1750 | Date: c. 1725 | Reference: MS.3852
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

    Falcutius, Nicolaus, -1412 | Date: Early 15th Century | Reference: MS.268
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Cline, Henry (1750-1827)

    Cline, Henry, 1750-1827. | Date: c.1760-1821 | Reference: MSS.1672-1683 & 6008-6009
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Preparing for the neutering operation, dog

    Royal Veterinary College
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Plate XLIX. Various surgical treatments on the eye.

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Related topics

General Surgery
History, 19th Century
Anatomy
Medicine
Formulas, recipes, etc.
Disease
Medicine, Traditional
Medical Records
Surgeons
Surgical Procedures, Operative

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