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A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.

Orthopedic traction, the Archimedes screw and astronomical instruments: seven figures. Etching, 1769.

A man sitting in a chair reading while his leg is in traction and attached to a pulley mechanism. Wood engraving.

A surgeon and two assistants using pulleys and ropes to aid traction for manipulating the body of a male patient. Woodcut, 1575.

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Orthopedic traction

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Images about Orthopedic traction

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A man sitting in a chair reading while his leg is in traction and attached to a pulley mechanism. Wood engraving.

A surgeon and two assistants using pulleys and ropes to aid traction for manipulating the body of a male patient. Woodcut, 1575.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Orthopedic traction, the Archimedes screw and astronomical instruments: seven figures. Etching, 1769.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.

Orthopedic traction

Images from the collections

Images about Orthopedic traction

Works from the collections

A man sitting in a chair reading while his leg is in traction and attached to a pulley mechanism. Wood engraving.

A surgeon and two assistants using pulleys and ropes to aid traction for manipulating the body of a male patient. Woodcut, 1575.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Orthopedic traction, the Archimedes screw and astronomical instruments: seven figures. Etching, 1769.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.

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