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