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  • Hand after an injury to the radial nerve
  • An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.
  • An artificial hand holding a sheet of glass. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris, 1945.
  • A surgeon removing a plaster from the back of a man's hand. Oil painting after (?) Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A surgeon removing a plaster from the back of a man's hand. Oil painting after (?) Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A surgeon removing a plaster from the back of a man's hand. Oil painting after (?) Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A surgeon removing a plaster from the back of a man's hand. Oil painting after (?) Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A surgeon removing a plaster from the back of a man's hand. Oil painting after (?) Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • 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 (?).
  • A gloved hand making surgical stitches. Coloured pencil drawing, 19--.
  • A hand protected by a guard from getting caught in the cogwheels of a machine. Colour lithograph by H. Kominek, ca. 1957.
  • World War One: Indian soldiers with bandaged hands are cared for by British military medics. Photograph by Alfieri, 1914/1918.
  • A hand injured by a wooden stick which is also a pole bearing Germanic lettering and a swastika, comparing Germany in wartime to germs. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz.
  • A hand which has lost two fingers, owing to attempts to clean dangerous machines while they are running. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 1949.
  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over the fire blazing in a cauldron before the king, watched by a crowd of soldiers. Etching by J. Goupy, 1726.
  • A hand which has suffered a bad wound while in contact with machinery owing to a finger ring which has broken and torn the flesh. Colour lithograph by E. Lukács, 1950.
  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over the fire blazing in a cauldron before the king, watched by a crowd of soldiers. Etching by J. Goupy, 1726.
  • Bones of the hand of W. Scott-Moncrieff, showing the effect of a bullet-wound. Radiograph, 1900/1904.
  • Christ shows his stigmata to Saint Thomas. Woodcut.
  • Saint Thomas the Apostle puts his finger in the lance wound of the risen Christ. Etching by G. de Lairesse.
  • Healthy breast mammogram, artwork
  • Healthy breast mammogram, artwork
  • Healthy breast mammogram, artwork
  • Healthy breast mammogram, artwork
  • Healthy breast mammogram, artwork
  • Healthy breast mammogram, artwork
  • Keep your hands soft and white with Zam-Buk : "rub it in" every night.
  • Duruo (Pollia japonica), medicinal plant. Chinese, 1655
  • Leprosy: prevention of injury
  • Leprosy: prevention of injury