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Therapeutics, Surgical

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Therapeutics
Surgery

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Images about Therapeutics, Surgical

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  • A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.
  • Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • Surgical instruments used, and operations successfully carried out, by an English travelling operator claiming royal patronage. Line engraving, 16--.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A surgeon dressing the wound of a grimacing patient. Line engraving by Marinus van der Goes after A. Brouwer.
  • A surgeon opening an abcess on the arm of a reclining man who is leaning on the lap of the surgeon's assistant. Colour stipple engraving by S. Mulinari, 1796, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A surgeon attending to a man's arm. Lithograph by J. Woelffle after A. Brouwer.
  • A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
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Works from the collections

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

    David Teniers the Younger | Reference: 22594i
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    Two physicians applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points of the back and side of two patients. Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

    | Reference: 22307i
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    A surgeon lancing a grimacing man's shoulder. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1703, after D. Teniers, the younger, 1678.

    David Teniers the Younger | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 22498i
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    Surgical pathology and therapeutics / by John Collins Warren.

    John Collins Warren | Date: 1895
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    A surgeon dressing the wound of a grimacing patient. Lithograph by N. Strixner after A. Brouwer.

    Adriaen Brouwer | Reference: 22502i
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Related topics

Surgeons
Patients
Surgical Instruments
Wounds and injuries - Treatment
General Surgery
Costume
Surgery, Operative
Apprentices
Pain
Pestles

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