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Leg

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  • Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.
  • 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.
  • Muscles of the leg: left leg right anterior view (left); left leg right anterior view (centre); right leg right posterior view (right).
  • The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.
  • A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.
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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 sick and lame bend before the apostle Peter, hoping for cure. Coloured lithograph, 1863, after Masaccio.

    Masaccio, 1401-1428. | Date: 1863 | Reference: 24794i
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    Saint Peter and Saint John heal a man suffering from leprosy. Engraving by A. Dürer, 1513.

    Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. | Date: 1513 | Reference: 24759i
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    Peter and John cure a man of lameness at the Temple Gate. Etching.

    | Reference: 24775i
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    The muscles of the lower leg with the tendons separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28274i
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