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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.

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

Evisceration / by A. E. Prince.

Beiträge zur operativen Augenheilkunde / von Hermann Kuhnt.

Clinical medicine and surgery of the eye and ear / by Laurence Turnbull.

Original contributions to ophthalmic surgery / by J.R. Wolfe, with illustrations.

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Eye - Surgery

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Images about Eye - Surgery

Works from the collections

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

Evisceration / by A. E. Prince.

Beiträge zur operativen Augenheilkunde / von Hermann Kuhnt.

Clinical medicine and surgery of the eye and ear / by Laurence Turnbull.

Original contributions to ophthalmic surgery / by J.R. Wolfe, with illustrations.

Eye - Surgery

Images from the collections

Images about Eye - Surgery

Works from the collections

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

Evisceration / by A. E. Prince.

Beiträge zur operativen Augenheilkunde / von Hermann Kuhnt.

Clinical medicine and surgery of the eye and ear / by Laurence Turnbull.

Original contributions to ophthalmic surgery / by J.R. Wolfe, with illustrations.

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