Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating at the siege of Damvillers, 1552. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
- Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.
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- 45900i
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Description
When first exhibited in 1913, the subject was identified as "Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating on the battlefield at the siege of Bramvilliers [sic], 1552" (Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, loc. cit.) The place referred to is Damvillers (Meuse)
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 91.5 x 61 cm
Contributors
Related material
Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/17/27
References note
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Handbook of the historical medical museum, organized by Henry S. Wellcome, London 1913, p. 22, no. 56
Reference
Wellcome Collection 45900i
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Location Status Access Closed storesNote