Forearm and upper arm together without hand and shoulder

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An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after himself.

Two écorché figures: front (l.) and back (r.) views, with two arms stretched upwards in centre of image. Engraving by G. Mochetti after G. della Valle, ca. 1790.

A splint for a broken limb. Etching by J. Bell.

Muscles of the shoulder, upper and lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the lower arm: the left forearm is seen twice, crossed over and resting on the right forearm and extending from the shoulder. Drawing after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610.

Three figures of the upper arm (above); two figures of the hand showing bones and tendons (below). Red-chalk drawing with ink, 17th century.

A surgeon about to bleed a man's arm, he is aided by an older surgeon and an assistant, a woman (the patient's wife ?) is present. Engraving, 1586.

Three forearms and one hand. Engraving after C. Le Brun.

An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Cuff and W. Skelton after E. Pearce.

Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted. Etching by C. Sperling-Heckel, c. 1735.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

Upper limb disorders : assessing the risks / Health & Safety Executive.

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Arm

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The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

Upper limb disorders : assessing the risks / Health & Safety Executive.

Arm

Images from the collections

Images about Arm

Works from the collections

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

Upper limb disorders : assessing the risks / Health & Safety Executive.

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