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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

Johannes Sucltetus, Armamentarium chirurgic

Surgical treatment of mitral stenosis, 1925

Petit, Jean Louis (1674-1750)

Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

Cline, Henry (1750-1827)

Plate XLIX. Various surgical treatments on the eye.

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Surgery

Images from the collections

Images about Surgery

Works from the collections

Petit, Jean Louis (1674-1750)

Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

Cline, Henry (1750-1827)

Preparing for the neutering operation, dog

Plate XLIX. Various surgical treatments on the eye.

Surgery

Images from the collections

Images about Surgery

Works from the collections

Petit, Jean Louis (1674-1750)

Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

Cline, Henry (1750-1827)

Preparing for the neutering operation, dog

Plate XLIX. Various surgical treatments on the eye.

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