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Trusses (Surgery)

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Images referencing Trusses (Surgery)

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  • A nurse (?) presenting trusses, corsets and artificial limbs to those who need them. Colour lithograph by Henry Le Monnier, 1924.
  • The shopfront of the truss-maker Timothy Sheldrake, at No. 50 The Strand, London; royal coat of arms above the bay window. Engraving by T. Medland, ca. 1820.

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    Inguinal hernia, with surgical instruments and trusses for treating it. Etching by J. Mynde, 1743, after L. Heister.

    Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758. | Date: [MDCCXLIII [1743]] | Reference: 2823188i
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    A nurse (?) presenting trusses, corsets and artificial limbs to those who need them. Colour lithograph by Henry Le Monnier, 1924.

    Le Monnier, Henry, 1893-1978. | Date: Novre. 1925 | Reference: 46917i
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    Lectures on hernia and its radical cure : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in June, 1885 : with A clinical lecture on trusses and their application to ruptures, delivered at King's College Hospital / by John Wood.

    Wood, John. | Date: 1886
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    Surgical instruments for use on the abdomen in cases of dropsy and hernia, and for supporting humpback. Etching by J. Mynde, 1743, after L. Heister.

    Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758. | Date: [MDCCXLIII [1743]] | Reference: 2823185i
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    New inventions and directions for ruptured persons : teaching them the art of effectually keeping up inguinal and scrotal ruptures / by W.H.T. Esq. ; to which is prefixed a recommendatory letter by William Blair.

    Timbrel, William Hall. | Date: 1802

Related topics

Trusses
Hernia - Surgery
Surgical Instruments
Herniorrhaphy
Bandages
Hernia

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