James M'Gillivray, a man shot in the shoulder in the siege of Nijmegen (1794): the shot developed into an ulcer which was cured by John Bell. Coloured stipple etching by J. Stewart after J. Bell, ca. 1826.

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James M'Gillivray, a man shot in the shoulder in the siege of Nijmegen (1794): the shot developed into an ulcer which was cured by John Bell. Coloured stipple etching by J. Stewart after J. Bell, ca. 1826.