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  • Surgery of the arteries of the arm: two figures showing incisions in the upper and lower arm, with surgical instruments indicating arteries. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.
  • Surgery of blood vessels of the lower limb: four figures showing incisions in the leg and foot, with surgical instruments indicating blood vessels. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.
  • Anatomy, surgery and botany; top, dissected head showing arteries; centre, methods of bandaging the thorax and head; below, cleft lip (harelip) and instruments for surgery on it; bottom, fly agaric mushroom. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments including a small tube for inserting into the body to allow fluid to enter or escape (cannulla) and a surgical scalpel (bistoury) Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A collection of engravings, representing the most modern and approved instruments used in the practice of surgery : With appropriate explanations / By J.H. Savigny, surgeon's instrument-maker.
  • A surgeon shows a gentleman his surgery: the room contains a human skeleton, écorché figures, rows of jars and a variety of medical instruments. Engraving, ca. 1748.
  • A surgeon shows a gentleman his surgery: the room contains a human skeleton, écorché figures, rows of jars and a variety of medical instruments. Engraving, ca. 1748.
  • Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments, including a contraption for complex fractures and a machine for the luxation of dislocated arms. A man is tied with his left arm into the machine. Engraving with etching by Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • The operations in surgery of Mons. Le Dran ... / Translated by Thomas Gataker, surgeon. With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by William Cheselden.
  • Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].
  • The surgeons mate or military and domestique surgery. Discovering ... ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise ... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague / [John Woodall].