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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.

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 surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

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.

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

The fatal wounding of Sir Ralph Abercrombie at Alexandria, 1801. Line engraving.

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

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

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.

Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.

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

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

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.

Ambulance lectures, or What to do in cases of accident or sudden illness / by Lionel A. Weatherly.