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Wounds and Injuries

Images

  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Soothe that pain with Anethaine.
  • Crimean War: ambulance men collecting the wounded after the Battle of Inkermann. Wood engraving.
  • Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.
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Catalogue

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    The surgical treatment of burns : a clinical report of 789 cases / by Tord Skoog.

    Skoog, Tord Gustav, 1915- | Date: 1963
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    Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

    Prater, Ernest, active 1900. | Reference: 23692i
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    Prinzipien und Technik der heutigen Wundbehandlung / von Max Jaffé.

    Jaffé, Maximilianus, 1841- | Date: [1898]
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    Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

    Waugh, J. J. | Reference: 22131i
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    The pathology of traumatic injury : a general review ... / [James Victor Wilson].

    Wilson, James Victor. | Date: 1946
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