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  • An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after himself.
  • A splint for a broken limb. Etching by J. Bell.
  • Muscles of the shoulder, upper and lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the lower arm: the left forearm is seen twice, crossed over and resting on the right forearm and extending from the shoulder. Drawing after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610.
  • 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.
  • An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after himself.
  • Three forearms and one hand. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Cuff and W. Skelton after E. Pearce.
  • Table XXXV. Amputation of the arm and leg.
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Works

  • view The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
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    The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711 | Date: 1739] | Reference: 27954i
  • view The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.
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    The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

    | Reference: 496511i
  • view A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.
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    A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.

    Kirtland, George, active 1796-1815. | Date: 23 May 1896 | Reference: 20183i
  • view Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.
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    Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

    | Reference: 23176i
  • view Artificial limbs / J. Gardner & Son.
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    Artificial limbs / J. Gardner & Son.

    J. Gardner & Son. | Date: [1900?]
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