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Splints (Surgery)

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  • A splint for a broken limb. Etching by J. Bell.
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • Five kinds of treatment in hospitals and elsewhere. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • 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.
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    Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

    | Reference: 23176i
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    The Thomas Splint.

    | Date: 1959
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    The medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat sick people. Coloured engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

    Panderen, Egbert van, 1581-1637? | Reference: 44737i
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    Geschichte des Schienenverbandes von dem Alterthum an bis zu unserem Jahrhundert / [H Bose].

    Bose, H. | Date: 1882
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    Methods of bandaging a fractured patella. Etching by J. Bell.

    Bell, John, 1763-1820. | Reference: 23364i
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