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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.

Amputations of arm and leg with diagrams to illustrate how to perform the operations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749.

Six diagrams illustrating different methods of bandaging the body and use of tourniquets. Line engraving by J.E. de Sève.

Tourniquets: strap-operated and screw-operated, for the arm and thigh. Engraving by J. Newton after E. Edwards, 1783.

An amputated leg in a tourniquet supported by a piece of wood that covers the end of the stump. Engraving by J. Beugo.

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.

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

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

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Tourniquets

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Images referencing Tourniquets

Works from the collections

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.

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 bleeding a woman's arm, she is being comforted by her husband (?). Etching.

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

Tourniquets

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tourniquets

Works from the collections

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.

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 bleeding a woman's arm, she is being comforted by her husband (?). Etching.

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

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