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.

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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<p>The verism of this plate of the muscle arms, which includes the detail of the grain of the wood and the pins holding back the muscles, is typical of De Lairesse's plates for Bidloo. The clavicle is at the top of the plate, marked "B". The pectoralis is below it to the right, marked "D". The biceps is marked "I". The function of the subscapularis, marked "E", is described by Cowper as drawing the arm to the trunk of the body. He cites its use by players of the Bagpipe when compressing the bellows of the instrument under the arm</p>

1 print : engraving ; platemark 47 x 33.5 cm

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

The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

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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.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Artificial limbs / J. Gardner & Son.

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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.

The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

Artificial limbs / J. Gardner & Son.

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Arm

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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.

The muscles of the right arm. Red chalk drawing, 17th century.

A comparison between smallpox and cowpox pustules on the 14th and 15th days of the disease. Chromolithograph, 1896, after G. Kirtland.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

Artificial limbs / J. Gardner & Son.

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