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Concept

Surgical dressings

Images

  • An ill marsupial creature with a human head and long tail is seated in a chair being treated by two nurses; representing Daniel O'Connell's role in the County Carlow election of 1835. Coloured lithograph by R. Seymour, 1835.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
  • Antiochus IV of Syria, sick and injured by a fall from his chariot, dictates his will as surgeons bandage his leg. Etching by N. Hallé, 1738.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
  • A periscope being used above an operation which is projected onto a lantern screen for a lecture in the adjoining room. Gouache painting by W.R. Seton.
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Catalogue

    • Film

    Granuflex Hydroactive Granules.

    | Date: [1980?]
    • Books
    • Online

    Le chirurgien d'hôpital enseignant une maniere douce & facile pour guerir promptement toutes sortes de playes : avec un moyen d'éviter l'exfoliation des os, & une plaque nouvellement inventée pour le pansement des trépans / par Monsieur Belloste.

    Belloste, Augustin, 1654-1730. | Date: 1700
    • Pictures

    A nurse unwinding a roll of gauze made by Les Pansements La Croix-Soleil with other similar products on the table. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, 192- (?).

    Cappiello, Leonetto, 1875-1942. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?] | Reference: 676121i
    • Pictures

    Advertisement for Algodon Johnson, absorbent cotton for surgical use. Colour lithograph, 195-.

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 5155i
    • Ephemera

    'Sleek' plastic adhesive strapping : as waterproof as a duck's back : smooth and pliable, waterproof, stays clean / Herts Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
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