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  • Amputation scene, "De gangraena et sphacelo" Fabricius Hildanus
  • Amputation scene, "De gangraena et sphacelo"
  • Portrait of Pierre Dionis
  • Gazophylacium polyplusium fonticulorum et setonum reseratum ... E quo variae illorum dotes, loca, instrumenta, modi infigendi diversi, conservandigue depromuntur. Simulque 4 tabulis non minus necessariis quam utilissimis aeri insculptis in medicorum et chirurgorum gratiam explicantur ... / [Matthias Ludwig Glandrop].
  • A surgeon operating on a man's head. Engraving by H. Bary, 1658, after F. Verwilt.
  • A surgeon dressing the wound of a grimacing patient. Line engraving by Marinus van der Goes after A. Brouwer.
  • A surgeon attending to a man's arm. Lithograph by J. Woelffle after A. Brouwer.
  • A surgeon dressing the wound of a grimacing patient. Colour aquatint by A. Schlicht, 1788, after A. Brouwer.
  • A surgeon dressing the wound of a grimacing patient. Lithograph by N. Strixner after A. Brouwer.
  • Of wounds, of gun-shot wounds, of fractures and luxations / by Richard Wiseman ; ... with introduction, appendix and glossary by John Kirkup.
  • A patient jumping up and screaming with pain while a surgeon is treating his leg; an onlooking woman seems to be pleading with the surgeon. Etching by J.G. van Vliet, c. 1630.
  • A patient jumping up and screaming with pain while a surgeon is treating his leg; an onlooking woman seems to be pleading with the surgeon. Etching by J.G. van Vliet, c. 1630.
  • A male patient on a table being held in the lithotomy position by two assistants. Woodcut, 1628.
  • A surgeon performing a paracentesis on an obese man, whose swollen abdomen has a cannula inserted into it, and is subsequently releasing fluid into a basin. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1672.
  • A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.
  • A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.
  • A barber-surgeon operating on a man's head; representing the sense of touch. Engraving, 16--.
  • A surgeon lancing a grimacing man's shoulder. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1703, after D. Teniers, the younger, 1678.
  • A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the removal of her 'folly' (insanity). Line engraving after N. Weydtmans after himself.
  • A surgeon opening an abcess on the arm of a reclining man who is leaning on the lap of the surgeon's assistant. Colour stipple engraving by S. Mulinari, 1796, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.
  • An operating room in a surgery: three patients are undergoing operations. Pen drawing by Z.S. after an engraving, 1690.
  • Two surgeons treating two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeons' dishes are hanging from the ceiling. Line engraving by W. Kilian, 1652, after C. Ortz.