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Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.

Laparotomy operation at the Broca hospital, Paris. Heliogravure by J. Heuse, 1901.

A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.

Iconografia d'anatomia chirurgica e di medicina operatoria / [Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery].

A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.

Six diagrams illustrating an operation for a prolapsed uterus or procidentia. Pen drawing.

The operative treatment of intra-thoracic effusion / by Norman Porritt.

Surgical anatomy / by Joseph Maclise.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Chirurgie : nach dem heutigen Standpunkte der Wissenschaft.

Précis iconographique de médecine opératoire et d'anatomie chirurgicale / par Cl. Bernard et Ch. Huette (de Montargis).

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The operative treatment of intra-thoracic effusion / by Norman Porritt.

Surgical anatomy / by Joseph Maclise.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Chirurgie : nach dem heutigen Standpunkte der Wissenschaft.

Précis iconographique de médecine opératoire et d'anatomie chirurgicale / par Cl. Bernard et Ch. Huette (de Montargis).