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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.

Three figures of the upper arm (above); two figures of the hand showing bones and tendons (below). Red-chalk drawing with ink, 17th century.

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.

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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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.