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An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An armless veteran of the Hôtel des Invalides is hired as a guide for visitors, in order that he take no money from them. Coloured lithograph by Cham.

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

Two surgeons amputating the leg and arm of the same patient who is being restrained by assistants. Pen drawing after an engraving, 1597.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving by Cook.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving, 1737.

A military surgeon amputating the arm of soldier in the open air. Lithograph by F. le Villain.

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A man with an arm amputated from the shoulder. Lithographic reproduction.

A soldier having an arm amputated. Lithograph by Villain.

Amputations of arm and leg with diagrams to illustrate how to perform the operations. Engraving, 1743.

Description succincte d'une maladie grave et rare de la partie supérieure de l'humérus, guérie par l'amputation du bras, dans l'articulation scapulo-humérale, et suivie de dégénérescence cérébriforme de la plus grande partie des poumons / par J.-F. Bonfils.

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Arm - Amputation

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Images about Arm - Amputation

Works from the collections

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A military surgeon amputating the arm of soldier in the open air. Lithograph by F. le Villain.

Description succincte d'une maladie grave et rare de la partie supérieure de l'humérus, guérie par l'amputation du bras, dans l'articulation scapulo-humérale, et suivie de dégénérescence cérébriforme de la plus grande partie des poumons / par J.-F. Bonfils.

A soldier having an arm amputated. Lithograph by Villain.

An armless veteran of the Hôtel des Invalides is hired as a guide for visitors, in order that he take no money from them. Coloured lithograph by Cham.

Arm - Amputation

Images from the collections

Images about Arm - Amputation

Works from the collections

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A military surgeon amputating the arm of soldier in the open air. Lithograph by F. le Villain.

Description succincte d'une maladie grave et rare de la partie supérieure de l'humérus, guérie par l'amputation du bras, dans l'articulation scapulo-humérale, et suivie de dégénérescence cérébriforme de la plus grande partie des poumons / par J.-F. Bonfils.

A soldier having an arm amputated. Lithograph by Villain.

An armless veteran of the Hôtel des Invalides is hired as a guide for visitors, in order that he take no money from them. Coloured lithograph by Cham.

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