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Petty surgery

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  • Chinese woodcut: Types of knives and needles (4)
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery (2)
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery 6
  • Chinese woodcut: Types of knives and needles (1)
  • Chinese woodcut: Types of knives and needles (3)
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery (3)
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery (7)
  • Chinese woodcut: Types of knives and needles (2)
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery (4)
  • Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- bamboo pipe
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    The nine ancient acupuncture needles, 17th Chinese (detail)

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    Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- cupping vessel

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    Chinese woodcut: Types of knives and needles (3)

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    Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- bamboo pipe

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    Chinese woodcut: 'Kidney' abscess

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Medical instrument

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