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Concept

Surgery, Operative

Images

  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • Laparotomy operation at the Broca hospital, Paris. Heliogravure by J. Heuse, 1901.
  • A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.
  • Iconografia d'anatomia chirurgica e di medicina operatoria / [Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery].
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
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Catalogue

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    The operative treatment of intra-thoracic effusion / by Norman Porritt.

    Porritt, Norman, 1858- | Date: [1883?]
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    Surgical anatomy / by Joseph Maclise.

    Maclise, Joseph. | Date: 1859
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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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    Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Chirurgie : nach dem heutigen Standpunkte der Wissenschaft.

    Fischer, Hermann Eberhard, 1831-1919. | Date: 1887
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    Précis iconographique de médecine opératoire et d'anatomie chirurgicale / par Cl. Bernard et Ch. Huette (de Montargis).

    Bernard, Claude, 1813-1878. | Date: 1856
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