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Saint Agatha
Black ink and white gouache on blue-gray prepared antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.2 x 14 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Dimensions
19.2 x 14 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Saint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons
"Martyred under Emperor Decius (ruled 249–51 A.D.), Saint Reparata was a patron saint of Florence, for whom its cathedral was named. This exquisitely painted panel is from the high altarpiece of the cathedral (the main panels are now in the Uffizi ,…
[Forceps for the extraction of the stone]
Is part of: A system of surgery, Plate XVI.; See related catalog record: 2543021R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Le mal du pays
1 print : 28 x 41 cm.
Technique:
lithograph
Technique:
lithograph
A system of operative surgery, founded on the basis of anatomy / by Charles Bell.
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
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cutting out a tumor with ligatures pp. 395-397 with illustration zoomed in on tumor
frequent illustrations with use of hand - aesthetics - no illustrations of mastectomies
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cutting out a tumor with ligatures pp. 395-397 with illustration zoomed in on tumor
frequent illustrations with use of hand - aesthetics - no illustrations of mastectomies
[Crushing forceps and scoop for stones]
Is part of: A system of surgery, Plate XVII.; See related catalog record: 2543021R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
[Device for applying pressure to reduce hemorrhaging]
Is part of: A system of surgery.; See related catalog record: 2543021R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
A system of surgery
pages 55- , Bell describes the advantages of the tenaculum over crooked needles in amputations (particularly cancerous breasts)
"I have seen it necessary for the surgeon, to put the patient to a great deal of pain, by being obliged to cut out the…
"I have seen it necessary for the surgeon, to put the patient to a great deal of pain, by being obliged to cut out the…
Practical surgery illustrated and improved: being chirurgical observations with remarks, upon the most extraordinary cases, cures, and dissections, made at St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark
294 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 14 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plate ; (8vo)
2 illustrations (frontispiece is Beckett's portrait, same he uses on another medical tract / second is an allegorical, personification of surgery with a table of…
2 illustrations (frontispiece is Beckett's portrait, same he uses on another medical tract / second is an allegorical, personification of surgery with a table of…
The Quack Doctors Confession on his Death Bed
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 30.3 x 22.2 cm
Lettering continues: "If the common soft or tub soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of liquor potassoe in twelve ounces of distill'd water - which is the late Dr.…
Lettering continues: "If the common soft or tub soap made into a moderate strong lather, or half an ounce of liquor potassoe in twelve ounces of distill'd water - which is the late Dr.…