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

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

An ankylosis of the bones of the fractured right femur (thigh-bone) and tibia (lower leg bone) (figs 1-2) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm) joined by a flexible callus (figs 3-4) Engraving, 1749.

The muscles of the lower arm and hand dissected and spread out across the dissecting table and a book. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

A treatise on the fractures of the lower end of the radius, on fractures of the clavicle (and their treatment by a new clavicular apparatus) : and on the reduction of the recent inward dislocations of the shoulder joint (by manipulation) / Alexander Gordon.

A clinical, pathological, and experimental study of fracture of the lower end of the radius : with displacement of the carpal fragment toward the flexor or anterior surface of the wrist / by John B. Roberts.

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

A treatise on the fractures of the lower end of the radius, on fractures of the clavicle (and their treatment by a new clavicular apparatus) : and on the reduction of the recent inward dislocations of the shoulder joint (by manipulation) / Alexander Gordon.

An ankylosis of the bones of the fractured right femur (thigh-bone) and tibia (lower leg bone) (figs 1-2) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm) joined by a flexible callus (figs 3-4) Engraving, 1749.

A clinical, pathological, and experimental study of fracture of the lower end of the radius : with displacement of the carpal fragment toward the flexor or anterior surface of the wrist / by John B. Roberts.