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  • view Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.
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    Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.

    Cooper, Bransby Blake, 1792-1853 | Date: MDCCCLI. [1851]
  • view War in Egypt, Egypt: searching for the wounded and dead after the Battle of Kassassin. Wood engraving.
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    War in Egypt, Egypt: searching for the wounded and dead after the Battle of Kassassin. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 20894i
  • view Crimean War: French ambulance men carrying the English wounded before Sebastopol. Wood engraving.
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    Crimean War: French ambulance men carrying the English wounded before Sebastopol. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 21041i
  • view A purple heart within an upside-down heart that could also resemble a man's genitals; the heart is pierced by a black spike coming in from the right spilling blood-like fluid; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ouka Lele, ca. 1995.
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    A purple heart within an upside-down heart that could also resemble a man's genitals; the heart is pierced by a black spike coming in from the right spilling blood-like fluid; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ouka Lele, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 676004i
  • view A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / by Sir Astley Cooper.
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    A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / by Sir Astley Cooper.

    Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841 | Date: MDCCCXLII [1842]
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    Operation on a Turkish prisoner of war, in a Royal Naval Military Corps hut in Khiniskalo, Turkey. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 586178i
  • view The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.
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    The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.

    | Reference: 23343i
  • view Ununited fracture successfully treated : with remarks on the operation / By Henry J. Bigelow ... With abstracts from Dr. Bigelow's clinical lectures on the subject, and cases. (Reported by Richard H. Derby.).
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    Ununited fracture successfully treated : with remarks on the operation / By Henry J. Bigelow ... With abstracts from Dr. Bigelow's clinical lectures on the subject, and cases. (Reported by Richard H. Derby.).

    Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890 | Date: 1867
  • view A wounded soldier retiring from battle. Etching by R. Blyth, 1779, after J.H. Mortimer.
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    A wounded soldier retiring from battle. Etching by R. Blyth, 1779, after J.H. Mortimer.

    Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779 | Date: 15 November 1779 | Reference: 18598i
  • view Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.
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    Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 20136i
  • view A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.
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    A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

    | Reference: 27049i
  • view Crimean War: turkish ambulance men collecting the wounded from the battlefield. Wood engraving.
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    Crimean War: turkish ambulance men collecting the wounded from the battlefield. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 20958i
  • view A manual of surgical treatment / by W. Watson Cheyne and F. F. Burghard.
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    A manual of surgical treatment / by W. Watson Cheyne and F. F. Burghard.

    Cheyne, William Watson, Sir, 1852-1932 | Date: 1899
  • view A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.
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    A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.

    Mendoza, Philip | Date: [1940?] | Reference: 680216i
  • view Officers recuperating on board the "Hercules", Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1858.
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    Officers recuperating on board the "Hercules", Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1858.

    Cooke, George Wingrove, 1814-1865 | Date: [1858] | Reference: 20720i
  • view Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.
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    Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

    Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807 | Date: 1 March 1780 | Reference: 18578i
  • view Latin Hospital, Pancaldi near Constantinople: refugee dispensary. Wood engraving.
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    Latin Hospital, Pancaldi near Constantinople: refugee dispensary. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 22059i
  • view Gunshot injuries: their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they are met with in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore.
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    Gunshot injuries: their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they are met with in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore.

    | Date: 1877
  • view Franco-Prussian War: wounded being treated at  Rezonville. Coloured wood engraving by Xylographisches Institut von A. Closs.
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    Franco-Prussian War: wounded being treated at Rezonville. Coloured wood engraving by Xylographisches Institut von A. Closs.

    | Reference: 21805i
  • view Boer War: wounded soldiers arriving at Pretoria train station after Modder Spuit. Watercolour sketch, 1900.
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    Boer War: wounded soldiers arriving at Pretoria train station after Modder Spuit. Watercolour sketch, 1900.

    | Date: 1900 | Reference: 22526i
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    Crimean War: searching for the wounded after the Battle of the Alma. Line engraving by D.J. Pound after R. Hind.

    Hind, R. | Reference: 20954i
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    Miss Lane, R.N.R. sister sitting in a ward within the Naval Hospital, Haslar. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 587138i
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    Crystal Palace exhibition of June 1920 on medicine during the First World War. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 586199i
  • view Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.
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    Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.

    S., Z. | Reference: 22467i
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    Royal Naval personnel loading patients into tram, Haslar, Portsmouth. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 587119i
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