A boy with a wounded thigh seated on a bed; a crutch to his right. Coloured stipple etching by J. Grant after J. Bell, ca. 1815.

  • Bell, John, 1763-1820.
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1815
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A boy with a wounded thigh seated on a bed; a crutch to his right. Coloured stipple etching by J. Grant after J. Bell, ca. 1815. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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As described by Bell, the boy called Joiner, like several others on the ship HMS Triumph, received a slight battle wound which healed rapidly, but then it developed into an ulcer which grew larger and more painful: hospital gangrene, in many cases fatal

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1815

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1 print : stipple etching, with watercolour ; image 13.3 x 17.1 cm

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Joiner. A: boy of the Triumph. J. Bell delt. J. Grant sc.

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Wellcome Collection 3013

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