Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating at the siege of Damvillers, 1552. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.

Cross-sections of hands and fingers and amputations of fingers. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

Doctors at work during a storm on a battlefield at Sinankeui, China. Wood engraving after W. Small.

Silhouette of a one-legged figure on crutches: World Diabetes Day in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2005.

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2 unnumbered pages, 150 , 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

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

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

vii, xv, 177 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

Woodcut illustration showing the amputation of an arm from Kohler, Albert: Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie, Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1901, figure 21, p131.

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"M" series glass plate negatives: M0000919-M0001064

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M0001053: Amputation of an arm from Kohler: Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie (1901)

When first exhibited in 1913, the subject was identified as "Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating on the battlefield at the siege of Bramvilliers [sic], 1552" (Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, loc. cit.) The place referred to is Damvillers (Meuse)

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 91.5 x 61 cm

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

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

M0001053: Amputation of an arm from Kohler: Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie (1901)

Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating at the siege of Damvillers, 1552. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

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Amputation

Images

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

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

M0001053: Amputation of an arm from Kohler: Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie (1901)

Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating at the siege of Damvillers, 1552. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

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