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  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • Orthopaedic apparatus for the whole human body: posterior view. Engraving by G. Georgi, 1656.
  • 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.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.
  • Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Surgical apparatus: includes demonstrations of an ophthalmoscope and a laryngoscope. Wood engraving, 1850/1880?.
  • Surgical instruments: a variety of forceps, drills and scissors, with demonstrational figures. Etching by R.W., 1687.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • The muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot, dissected and separated, with the tibia and fibula exposed. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
  • 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.
  • Surgical instruments, including lancets, needles and scissors. Engraving with etching, 1771.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
  • Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments, including a catheter, a probe and a spatula. Engraving with etching by Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Two kinds of anal fistulas, instruments recommended by Rungius (surgeon in Bremen) to cure anal fistulas and various probes and needles for the treatment Engraving with etching.
  • An anatomist, "Mr Le Professeur C...", dissecting a cadaver laid out on a trestle table, while a seated man looks on. Etching by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1869.
  • The dissection of an emaciated, grey cadaver by an anatomist who is making an abdominal incision with a scalpel with his right hand while his left hand is placed on the cadaver's hip. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • Left, forceps to cut out circular pieces of bone; right, tables of measures. Engraving with etching.
  • Surgical instruments, mainly cautery irons. Drawing with watercolour.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • Surgical instruments. Engraving by Andrew Bell.
  • Christ being circumcised in the temple. Engraving by G. Massi after F. Barocci.
  • Hernias and surgical instruments for their treatment. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.
  • A dog on a laboratory bench sits up and begs the prospective vivisector for mercy. Engraving by C.J. Tomkins, 1883, after a painting by J. McClure Hamilton.
  • Surgery: top, a rectum with a fistula; below, a number of bandages. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgical instruments and patients undergoing treatment (trepanation). Engraving with etching.
  • Surgical instruments: seven figures. Pen and ink drawing, 1850/1910?.
  • 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.