A surgical operation to reconstruct a patient's anterior cruciate ligament. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1996.

  • Powell, Virginia.
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25 July 1996
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40687i
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A surgical operation to reconstruct a patient's anterior cruciate ligament. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1996. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Observed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, London. Probably an operation to correct a sporting injury. The surgeon uses Olympus Keymed apparatus for keyhole surgery

The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the ligaments in the knee joint which bind the femur to the tibia. It is often injured in sport

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[London], 25 July 1996.

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1 drawing : pencil and coloured crayons ; sheet 21 x 29.5 cm

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25/7/1996 Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction taken from patient's hamstring. Virg- Powell.

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Wellcome Collection 40687i

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