Physiological wound caused by an external source

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A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.

A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.

Soothe that pain with Anethaine.

Crimean War: ambulance men collecting the wounded after the Battle of Inkermann. Wood engraving.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

A compleat discourse of wounds : both in general and in particular: whereunto are added the severall fractures of the skull, with their variety of figures. As also a treatise of gunshot-wounds in general / collected and reduced into a new method by John Brown.

Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.

The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.

Medical and chirurgical observations, as an appendix to a former publication / by Benjamin Gooch.

On the treatment of wounds and fractures : clinical lectures / by Sampson Gamgee.

Franco-Prussian War: wounded German soldiers on their way home from France. Wood engraving.

Electron micrograph of blood clot

The surgical treatment of burns : a clinical report of 789 cases / by Tord Skoog.

Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Prinzipien und Technik der heutigen Wundbehandlung / von Max Jaffé.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

The pathology of traumatic injury : a general review ... / [James Victor Wilson].

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Wounds and Injuries

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The surgical treatment of burns : a clinical report of 789 cases / by Tord Skoog.

Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Prinzipien und Technik der heutigen Wundbehandlung / von Max Jaffé.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

The pathology of traumatic injury : a general review ... / [James Victor Wilson].

Wounds and Injuries

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The surgical treatment of burns : a clinical report of 789 cases / by Tord Skoog.

Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Prinzipien und Technik der heutigen Wundbehandlung / von Max Jaffé.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

The pathology of traumatic injury : a general review ... / [James Victor Wilson].

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