Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
95 results
  • Surgery: lateral section of the hypogastrum. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • The components of a lay figure. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Carpentry: the pump on Notre Dame bridge, plan. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • 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.
  • Chemistry: various vessels, including cracking towers. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments, including a cannula, instruments for the surgical removal of stones from the urinary tract (lithotomy) and a conductor. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A kneeling figure in a monk's habit, with hands clasped in prayer. Engraving by Defehrt after J.H. Fragonard.
  • Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments including tweezers known as "Helvetian tweezers" for cancer operations, and instruments and contraptions for the correction of rickets. Engraving with etching by Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: burning glasses, and various vessels for distillation. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: the examination of the perineum. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: various implements. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Manufacture of bits for horses with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including instruments to extract the head of a dead foetus and knives. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments, including a chisel, a spatula, tweezers and scalpels. Engraving with etching by Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Enamelling: an enameller working at his lamp, operating bellows with his foot (top), equipment (below). Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including a tourniquet. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including forceps and instruments to perform a lithotomy. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A standing male nude figure. Engraving by Defehrt after C.N. Cochin.
  • Carpentry: the pump on Notre Dame bridge, section. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: vessels for heating with furnaces, including apparatus for bathing, making beer, making vinegar, etc. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including a catheter, a curved chisel, a curette, needles and a bistoury. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after Louis-Jacques Goussier .
  • Manufacture of bits for horses with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: instruments for cauterizations. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.J.-Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments for the correction of dislocated limbs. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Four faces (clockwise from top left): laughing, weeping, showing sadness, and compassion. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.
  • Surgery: instruments for the performance of a glossectomy, including a pharingotome, an obturator and a speculum. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Enamelling: a workshop for artificial pearls (above), equipment (below). Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including a bandage for the tongue. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, including an amputation saw, bone nippers and cartilege forceps. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.