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A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.

Orthopedic traction, the Archimedes screw and astronomical instruments: seven figures. Etching, 1769.

A man sitting in a chair reading while his leg is in traction and attached to a pulley mechanism. Wood engraving.

A surgeon and two assistants using pulleys and ropes to aid traction for manipulating the body of a male patient. Woodcut, 1575.

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A man sitting in a chair reading while his leg is in traction and attached to a pulley mechanism. Wood engraving.

A surgeon and two assistants using pulleys and ropes to aid traction for manipulating the body of a male patient. Woodcut, 1575.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Orthopedic traction, the Archimedes screw and astronomical instruments: seven figures. Etching, 1769.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.