Lesion on the surface of the skin or a mucous surface, produced by the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue

Two hands held on either side of a dark mark on a forearm, to demonstrate the manual treatment of ulcers. Photograph.

A young man with an ulcerated face. Lithograph after H. Holbein.

Side view showing an ulcerated human buttock. Coloured lithograph.

A boy with a wounded thigh seated on a bed; a crutch to his right. Coloured stipple etching by J. Grant after J. Bell, ca. 1815.

A hand held over a dark mark on a forearm, to demonstrate the manual treatment of ulcers. Photograph.

James M'Gillivray, a man shot in the shoulder in the siege of Nijmegen (1794): the shot developed into an ulcer which was cured by John Bell. Coloured stipple etching by J. Stewart after J. Bell, ca. 1826.

2 unnumbered pages, 150 , 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

xx, 964 pages, 32 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.

27 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 22 cm

Aserbine : desloughing agent / Bencard.

The plague of sores. Etching by J. Luyken.

Ulcers : a guide to diagnosis, treatment and prevention / Ricki Ostrov ; [foreword by R.E. Pounder].

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Skin Ulcer

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Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.

Aserbine : desloughing agent / Bencard.

The plague of sores. Etching by J. Luyken.

Ulcers : a guide to diagnosis, treatment and prevention / Ricki Ostrov ; [foreword by R.E. Pounder].

Skin Ulcer

Images from the collections

Images about Skin Ulcer

Works from the collections

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.

Aserbine : desloughing agent / Bencard.

The plague of sores. Etching by J. Luyken.

Ulcers : a guide to diagnosis, treatment and prevention / Ricki Ostrov ; [foreword by R.E. Pounder].

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