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  • The book of cirurgia / by Hieronymus Brunschwig. Strassburg / Johann Grüninger / 1497 ; with a study on Hieronymus Brunschwig and his work by Henry E. Sigerist.
  • Pietro Paolo Sarpi. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1777, after F. Zucchero.
  • A wounded soldier retiring from battle. Etching by R. Blyth, 1779, after J.H. Mortimer.
  • A young woman tending to a cut on her finger from which drops of blood fall. Line engraving by F. Basan, 17--, after N. Berchem (?).
  • Serbo-Bulgarian War: sick and wounded at Ak Palanka. Wood engraving by E. Gascoine after J. Schönberg, 1885.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's head: a group of locals watch with interest. Etching by J.B. de Wael II.
  • Pietro Paolo Sarpi. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1777, after F. Zucchero.
  • A finger with blood flowing from a small wound: liquid from a white bottle with a red cross is about to be poured on it; representing quick treatment of small wounds in order to prevent blood poisoning. Colour lithograph, 195-.
  • A diagram of a head illustrating a jaw and chin brace. Stipple print by J. Bell.
  • Methods of bandaging a fractured patella. Etching by J. Bell.
  • Six diagrams illustrating different methods of bandaging the body and use of tourniquets. Line engraving by J.E. de Sève.
  • A psychiatrist with intense, bulging eyes. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
  • Sick and wounded boarding the steamer "Canton", China. Wood engraving, 1858.
  • A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother, two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Line engraving after D. Wilkie.
  • Advertisment for a thigh splint: two figures, including an illustration showing the splint in place on a bandaged limb. Engraving with etching, 1830/1860?.
  • A diagram illustrating an apparatus to bind together a broken leg. Etching by J. Bell.
  • A patient complains to a visitor that he does not discuss with his doctor how he feels for fear of discouraging him. Wood engraving by F.H. Townsend, 1915.
  • A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.
  • A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.
  • The history of generation. Examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Discourse of bodies ... To which is joyned a Discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy ... especially by ... Sir Gilbert Talbots powder / By Nath. Highmore.
  • A gloved hand making surgical stitches. Coloured pencil drawing, 19--.
  • Four diagrams illustrating heads with severe wounds, demonstrating how to stitch the skin back together properly. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.
  • A boy cries in pain in his mother's arms while she tries to wash his cut foot, another child holds a broken glass in the background. Coloured lithograph.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Collotype after Sir E.J. Poynter, ca. 1880.
  • A hand protected by a guard from getting caught in the cogwheels of a machine. Colour lithograph by H. Kominek, ca. 1957.
  • A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • Bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt: taking a wounded man below decks. Wood engraving by K.E.
  • German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.