Branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles

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A surgeon setting a leg with the aid of three assistants, observed by onlookers, in front of walls on which various surgical instruments are arranged. Engraving by Jacob van Meurs, 1657.

Mechanical treatment for fractures.

Cartilage, trabecular bone and bone marrow in a mouse femur

Japanese Scroll, techniques for Physiotherapy

Two views showing the new Rachitici institute and the surrounding woodland area of San Michele, Bologna, Italy. Wood engraving after a photograph by A. Belvederi, 1896.

Apparatus for correction of orthopaedic deformity, 19th c.

Chiropractors treating a patient. Taken from a emakimonos, or horizontal scroll, in the Shijo style.

A chiropractor treating a patient. Taken from a emakimonos, or horizontal scroll, in the Shijo style.

Clayton's patent balm : should be in every household ... / John Morrison Clayton.

Geschichte operativer Verfahren an den Bewegungsorganen / L. Zichner, M.A. Rauschmann, K.-D. Thomann (Hrsg.).

Disorders of the skeletal system : taking decisions in the treatment and diagnosis of bone tumours.

M0003630: Percivall Pott (1714-1788)

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Orthopedics

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Images about Orthopedics

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Geschichte operativer Verfahren an den Bewegungsorganen / L. Zichner, M.A. Rauschmann, K.-D. Thomann (Hrsg.).

Disorders of the skeletal system : taking decisions in the treatment and diagnosis of bone tumours.

Disorders of the skeletal system : taking decisions in the treatment and diagnosis of bone tumours.

A chiropractor treating a patient. Taken from a emakimonos, or horizontal scroll, in the Shijo style.

M0003630: Percivall Pott (1714-1788)

Orthopedics

Images from the collections

Images about Orthopedics

Works from the collections

Geschichte operativer Verfahren an den Bewegungsorganen / L. Zichner, M.A. Rauschmann, K.-D. Thomann (Hrsg.).

Disorders of the skeletal system : taking decisions in the treatment and diagnosis of bone tumours.

Disorders of the skeletal system : taking decisions in the treatment and diagnosis of bone tumours.

A chiropractor treating a patient. Taken from a emakimonos, or horizontal scroll, in the Shijo style.

M0003630: Percivall Pott (1714-1788)

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