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The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.

Operating theatre reception: one of the assistants sitting at a computer, with a chart of operations behind. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1995.

A surgical operation: total knee replacement. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1997.

A surgical operation on the knee of an elderly woman. Soft-ground etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1996.

A gynaecological operation. Colour lithograph by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A nurse monitoring a patient after an operation and taking notes. Drawing by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A patient entering a computerized tomography scanner, seen from the control room. Etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A surgical operation: left scapular osteotomy. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1997.

The recovery room, in which patients recover from a surgical operation. Soft-ground etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A surgical operation to reconstruct a patient's anterior cruciate ligament. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1996.

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A nurse monitoring a patient after an operation and taking notes. Drawing by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A patient entering a computerized tomography scanner, seen from the control room. Etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A surgical operation: left scapular osteotomy. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1997.

The recovery room, in which patients recover from a surgical operation. Soft-ground etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.

A surgical operation to reconstruct a patient's anterior cruciate ligament. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1996.