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Surgery, Military

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  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • Sudan: fighting, medical and social activity. Wood engraving and process print by J.F.W. after M. Prior and W.S. Perry.
  • Antoine, Baron Dubois, in Alexandria. Lithograph by Watier, 1823, after L. Gudin, 1822.
  • Battle of Ulundi, part of the Zulu War, South Africa: with a numbered key. Wood engraving.
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Catalogue

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    The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay / by Friedrich Esmarch ; translated by H.H. Clutton.

    Esmarch, Friedrich von, 1823-1908. | Date: 1878
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    M0010398EB: Surgical instruments for the use in military surgery, from Clowes: A profitable and necessarie booke of observations, 1637

    | Date: 09 January 1948 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/91/82
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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    Der Gypsverband : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Militair-Chirurgie / von Dr. Szymanowski.

    Szymanowski, Julius von, 1829-1868. | Date: 1857
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    Observations on venereal diseases : derived from civil and military practice. / [By] Hamilton Labatt.

    Labatt, Hamilton. | Date: 1858
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    Outlines of military surgery / by Sir George Ballingall.

    Ballingall, George, 1780-1855. | Date: 1844
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