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Leg - Amputation

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  • A queen or empress administering a healing balm to a person with leprosy (?). Photograph of a wallpainting in the chapel in Eton College.
  • A man with a wooden leg collecting brushwood in a wicker basket slung over his shoulder. Pen and wash drawing.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • 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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Catalogue

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    Two sailors with amputated legs, an eyepatch and an amputated arm moving with the aid of crutches. Etching by S.B., 1783.

    B. S. | Date: 20 September 1783 | Reference: 43959i
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    A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 44066i
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    Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

    | Date: 24 February 1800 | Reference: 44090i
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    A man with a wooden leg sings while he is accompanied by a blind man playing the flute and a dog performing on its hind legs. Pen and ink drawing.

    | Reference: 44048i
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    World War I: a wounded soldier and women celebrating the armistice in London. Photograph by Farringdon Photo Company, 1918.

    | Date: [1918] | Reference: 2043346i
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