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Restraint, Physical

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  • A surgeon amputating a grimacing patient's leg who is being held in a particular position by two attendants, the operation is near completion. Engraving, 1738.
  • An African dentist performing an operation on a patient that he is restraining with a wooden stick. Wood engraving by MD.
  • Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.
  • Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Rivoulon.
  • A surgeon amputating a grimacing patient's leg who is being held in a particular position by two attendants, the operation is near completion. Engraving, 1738.
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    Lithotomy: forceps, a dilator, conductors and an operating table for removal of bladder stones in children. Etching by J. Mynde, 1743, after L. Heister.

    Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758. | Date: [MDCCXLIII [1743]] | Reference: 2823210i
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    Lithotomy: forceps, a dilator, conductors and an operating table for removal of bladder stones in children. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.

    Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758. | Date: [1749] | Reference: 2839949i
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    Total abolition of personal restraint in the treatment of the insane : a lecture on the management of lunatic asylums and the treatment of the insane, delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Lincoln, on the 21st of June, 1838 : with statistical tables, illustrative of the complete practicability of the system advocated in the lecture / by Robert Gardiner Hill.

    Hill, Robert Gardiner, 1811-1878. | Date: [1839]
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    Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.

    Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569. | Date: 1642 | Reference: 18621i
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    A horse-doctor and his assistants administer medicine to a horse restrained in an outdoor stall, observed by a man with two horses. Etching, 1730/1790?.

    | Date: [1730/1790?] | Reference: 571923i
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