A man who has lost use of his limbs by taking a risk. Colour lithograph by R..l (?), 1929.

A man being hit on the head by a falling flower-pot in Rome, Via del Nazzareno. Oil painting, ca. 1890.

A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.

A lady asks a pharmacist about his enlargening potion; he displays the bump on his head as proof of its efficacy. Process print after a wood engraving.

Pair of wrestlers fighting. Gouache drawing.

A psychiatrist with intense, bulging eyes. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.

A boy with a head wound, indicating the need for blood donations. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.

A pair of Indian wrestlers. Gouache drawing.

1 print : lithograph, printed in yellow, green, brown, buff, grey and black ; 75.6 x 51.2 cm

viii, 332 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 22 cm

Observations on wounds, and their complications by erysipelas, gangrene and tetanus : and on the principal diseases and injuries of the head, ear and eye / by the Baron D.J. Larrey ; tr. from the French by E.F. Rivinus.

Severe accidental head injury : an assessment of long-term prognosis / A. H. Roberts.

Abhandlung über die Verletzungen am Kopfe, und die Durchbohrung der Hirnschale / von Vincenz Ritter von Kern.

xii, 121 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (8vo)

A practical treatise on injuries of the head.

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A boy with a head wound, indicating the need for blood donations. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.

Observations on wounds, and their complications by erysipelas, gangrene and tetanus : and on the principal diseases and injuries of the head, ear and eye / by the Baron D.J. Larrey ; tr. from the French by E.F. Rivinus.

Severe accidental head injury : an assessment of long-term prognosis / A. H. Roberts.

Abhandlung über die Verletzungen am Kopfe, und die Durchbohrung der Hirnschale / von Vincenz Ritter von Kern.

A practical treatise on injuries of the head.

Head - Wounds and injuries

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A boy with a head wound, indicating the need for blood donations. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.

Observations on wounds, and their complications by erysipelas, gangrene and tetanus : and on the principal diseases and injuries of the head, ear and eye / by the Baron D.J. Larrey ; tr. from the French by E.F. Rivinus.

Severe accidental head injury : an assessment of long-term prognosis / A. H. Roberts.

Abhandlung über die Verletzungen am Kopfe, und die Durchbohrung der Hirnschale / von Vincenz Ritter von Kern.

A practical treatise on injuries of the head.

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