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  • C. Stromayr: Sewing wound after herniotomy. 1559
  • C. Stromayr: Patient in bed after operation. 1559
  • C. Stromayr: Surgeon, assistants and patient praying
  • C. Stromayr: Pre-operation scene. 1559
  • Plant Illustrations with text use of mandragora wine
  • A surgeon bleeding a man's head, he is aided by two assistants, a woman (the patient's wife ?) appears anxious. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a man's tongue, he is aided by two assistants. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a man's tongue, he is aided by two assistants. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a man's arm, he is aided by an older surgeon and an assistant, a woman (the patient's wife ?) is present. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon bleeding a man's arm, he is observed by an older surgeon and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.
  • An older surgeon instructing a younger surgeon on how to bleed a male patient's arm. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon about to bleed a woman's foot, he is observed by an older surgeon and aided by an assistant, another woman comforts the patient. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon instructing a younger surgeon how to bleed a male patient's foot, a woman is comforting the patient. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving after L. van Leyden.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
  • Two surgeons amputating the leg and arm of the same patient who is being restrained by assistants. Pen drawing after an engraving, 1597.
  • Ambroise Paré using a ligature on an artery of an amputated leg of a soldier, during the Siege of Metz, 1553. Photogravure after T. Chartran, 1889.
  • M0008253: Woodcut of surgical scissors and razors
  • M0007301: Five operations in a surgery
  • Surgical instruments laid out on a table, for use in cataract and hernia operations during the mid 1500s, with two men in 16th century dress standing behind it. Colour facsimile process print after a 16th century manuscript, 1925.