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  • Dissection of a dislocated shoulder joint
  • Lieutenant H. von K. with resected shoulder-joint
  • Pl. XII. Operation at the shoulder joint to amputate the arm.
  • Excision of the shoulder joint (?) Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • The bones of a shoulder joint and ribs, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph after Sir Arthur Schuster, 1896.
  • Bones of the arm: figures showing the shoulder joint, the radius and ulna and the humerus. Watercolour and pencil drawing, by J.C. Whishaw, 1854.
  • Chronic rheumatic arthritis. Post-mortem appearance of the shoulder-joint of a patient, who had been totally disabled by the condition of his joints. The elevation of the humerus is particularly referred to.
  • Shoulder joint, larynx, peritoneum (?) and a reclining écorché supported by the left elbow and the outstreched right hand, seen from the front. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, partly after W. Cowper, 1813.
  • Muscles and bones of the shoulder, arm and hand: two figures of écorché arms and two of elbow and wrist joints. Lithograph by Battistelli after C. Squanquerillo, ca. 1839.
  • Muscles of the arm, shoulder and chest, back view: male écorché figure holding right arm over his head, with small pencil sketches of joints. Ink and watercolour with laminated flaps, 18--.
  • Arctium lappa L. Asteraceae. Greater Burdock. Distribution: Europe to India and Japan. Dioscorides (Beck, 2003) writes: '... helps those who spit blood and who suffer from abscesses ... plastered on it stems the pains around the joints that stem from twistings. The Leaves are applied beneficially on old ulcers.' Culpeper (1650) writes: ‘Burdanae, etc. Of Bur, Clot-Bur or Burdock, ... helps such as spit blood and matter, bruised and mixed salt and applied to the place, helpeth the bitings of mad dogs. It expels wind, easeth pains of the teeth, strengthens the back, helps the running of the reins, and the whites in women, being taken inwardly.’ The roots contain inulin, which is made into a non-digestible sweetener for diabetics. It has a multitude of uses in herbal medicine, in particular it is a component of a compound called ‘essiac’ that has been widely used as a treatment of cancers in the USA, but which is of no proven benefit. The young roots can be eaten raw or cooked. The seeds are hairy and care should be taken when harvesting them as inhaled they are reported as ‘toxic’. The root is licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A surgeon treating a man's dislocated shoulder. Lithograph by W.P. Cocks, ca. 1831.
  • Seven illustrations of reducing various dislocations. Process print.
  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: doctors treating a patient with a dislocated shoulder, ca. 182-. Photograph, 1927, after Johnston, 182-.
  • Two pieces of apparatus that are used to manipulate dislocated shoulders and jaws back into the correct position, apparently conceived by W. Fabricius Hildanus. Etching by J. Bell.
  • A man with an arm amputated from the shoulder. Lithographic reproduction.
  • Physical therapy at Bath War Hospital. Watercolour by E. Horton, ca. 1918.
  • Tumours of uncertain nature in an upper arm
  • A man (Po Ashing) with a tumour on his left arm. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1836.
  • Muscles and bones of the arm and forearm. Chalk drawing attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Figino.
  • Muscles and bones of the arm and forearm. Chalk drawing attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Figino.
  • Man with large osteo-sarcoma of the right humerus
  • Man with large osteo-sarcoma of the right humerus
  • Man with large osteo-sarcoma of the right humerus
  • Measurements of the bones, back view, Chinese woodcut
  • Body measurements, back view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
  • Acu-moxa chart: yangwei mai (Yang Tie Vessel), Chinese
  • Anatomical measurements, prone figure, Chinese woodcut