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Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

Chinese woodcut: Fixation appliance for injured kneecap

SEM of fracture through new bone

Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.

Essays on several important subjects in surgery: chiefly on the nature and cure of fractures of the long bones of the extremities. Particularly those of the thigh and leg, whether simple of compound : for which a new method of retention is proposed. The whole illustrated with cooper-plates / [John Aitken].

Chinese woodcut: Bone-setting devices

The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

Outline of fractures : including joint injuries / by John Crawford Adams.

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

A treatise on fractures in the vicinity of the joints, and on certain forms of accidental and congenital dislocations.

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The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

Outline of fractures : including joint injuries / by John Crawford Adams.

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

A treatise on fractures in the vicinity of the joints, and on certain forms of accidental and congenital dislocations.