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Images about Eye - Surgery

7 images from works
  • Zaleucus having one of his eyes removed for one of his son's eyes, with six lines of verse by A. Montanus below. Line engraving by H. Quellinus after A. Quellinus.
  • An eye-surgeon operating on a man. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.
  • A surgeon performing an operation for cataract. Engraving by Queiroz, 1793, after Silva.
  • A surgeon operates on the eye of an immoral old man, while the efforts of Time and Minerva to cure his inner corruption are rebuffed. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 16--.
  • Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • A Persian surgeon performing an eye operation on a man held by two other men. Painting, ca. 1900.
  • Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.

Works from the collections

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    Atlas der äusseren Erkrankungen des Auges : nebst Grundriss ihrer Pathologie und Therapie / von O. Haab.

    Otto Haab | Date: 1900
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    Evisceration / by A. E. Prince.

    Prince, A. E. | Date: 1889
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    Beiträge zur operativen Augenheilkunde / von Hermann Kuhnt.

    Kuhnt, Hermann. | Date: 1883
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    Clinical medicine and surgery of the eye and ear / by Laurence Turnbull.

    Laurence Turnbull | Date: 1859
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    Original contributions to ophthalmic surgery / by J.R. Wolfe, with illustrations.

    J. R. Wolfe | Date: 1890
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Related topics

Ophthalmology
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Eye Diseases
Eye
Cataract
Eye
Surgical Instruments

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