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Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

The skin removed from the lower leg, exposing the muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Etching after Raphael, 1506-7.

Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.

Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.

Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

The muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot, dissected and separated, with the tibia and fibula exposed. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

Reflexology zones on sole of the foot. Colour lithograph by Robert Paul, 1998.

Hallux valgus, allied deformities of the forefoot and metatarsalgia / H. Kelikian.

A manual on foot care and shoe fitting : for officers of the U. S. Navy and U. S. Marine corps / by W. L. Mann and S. A. Folsom.

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A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

A surgeon treating the foot of a male patient. Coloured pencil drawing by C. Boyle-Walsingham, 1762, after A. Brouwer.

Reflexology zones on sole of the foot. Colour lithograph by Robert Paul, 1998.

Hallux valgus, allied deformities of the forefoot and metatarsalgia / H. Kelikian.

A manual on foot care and shoe fitting : for officers of the U. S. Navy and U. S. Marine corps / by W. L. Mann and S. A. Folsom.