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Ambroise Paré using the ligature when amputating at the siege of Damvillers, 1552. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

M0007890: A surgeon performing an amputation of the leg in the 17th century

A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.

Cross-sections of hands and fingers and amputations of fingers. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

Doctors at work during a storm on a battlefield at Sinankeui, China. Wood engraving after W. Small.

Silhouette of a one-legged figure on crutches: World Diabetes Day in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2005.

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

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

M0012306: Ancient Peruvian pots showing various medical conditions

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

M0001053: Amputation of an arm from Kohler: <i>Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie</i> (1901)

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

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

M0012306: Ancient Peruvian pots showing various medical conditions

Reminiscences of a medical life : with cases and practical illustrations / By Jonathan Toogood.

M0001053: Amputation of an arm from Kohler: Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie (1901)