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  • Left, Raw's grooved catheter; right, bladder of a male. Engraving with etching.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.
  • Napoleon visiting the wounded after the Battle of Eylau. Coloured etching.
  • The medical practitioner as Christ, angel, man and devil. Coloured engravings by J. Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Rivoulon.
  • Anatomy and botany; top left, dissected head and chest showing arteries; top right, larynx; bottom left, buckthorn plant; centre, surgical instruments; bottom right, electric ray fish. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • An anatomical dissection by Reinier de Graaf, taking place in a room with a patient in bed. Reproduction, 1927, of an engraving by G. Wingendorp, 1671.
  • Surgical instruments, including Dr. Hulme's truss. Engraving by Wilson Lowry after J. Farey jun., 1812.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Surgical instruments and the performance of an operation on the abdomen. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.
  • M0016160: Mechanical Leech, invented by Kidston & Co. 1850
  • 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.
  • Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
  • Orthopaedic apparatus for the whole human body: posterior view. Engraving by G. Georgi, 1656.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a man's arm, he is aided by an older surgeon and an assistant, a woman (the patient's wife ?) is present. Engraving, 1586.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.
  • Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Surgical apparatus: includes demonstrations of an ophthalmoscope and a laryngoscope. Wood engraving, 1850/1880?.
  • M0007772: Cataract needles and forceps in a case, used by Joseph Lister
  • Surgical instruments: a variety of forceps, drills and scissors, with demonstrational figures. Etching by R.W., 1687.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • The muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot, dissected and separated, with the tibia and fibula exposed. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
  • A patient jumping up and screaming with pain while a surgeon is treating his leg; an onlooking woman seems to be pleading with the surgeon. Etching by J.G. van Vliet, c. 1630.
  • A patient jumping up and screaming with pain while a surgeon is treating his leg; an onlooking woman seems to be pleading with the surgeon. Etching by J.G. van Vliet, c. 1630.
  • Surgical instruments, including lancets, needles and scissors. Engraving with etching, 1771.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
  • M0012911: Illustration of instruments for dissection
  • Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments, including a catheter, a probe and a spatula. Engraving with etching by Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.