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  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • Three diagrams illustrating how to bleed an arm. Stipple engraving.
  • A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.
  • Amputations of arm and leg with diagrams to illustrate how to perform the operations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749.
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    A lecture on the situation of the large blood-vessels of the extremities; and the methods of making effectual pressure on the arteries / by William Blizard.

    Blizard, William, Sir, 1743-1835. | Date: 1798
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    A surgeon binding up a woman's arm after bloodletting. Oil painting by Jacob Toorenvliet, 1666.

    Toornvliet, Jacob, 1635-1719. | Reference: 44999i
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    Three diagrams illustrating how to bleed an arm. Stipple engraving.

    | Reference: 23006i
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    A surgeon bleeding a woman's arm, she is being comforted by her husband (?). Etching.

    | Reference: 23017i
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    A woman in bed about to be cupped by a surgeon for love-sickness. Gouache, ca. 1700.

    | Date: 1700 | Reference: 2818721i
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