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Black-and-white engraving of surgical saws, knives and forceps, with surgeons amputating limbs on seated and reclining patients.

A medicinal dictionary; including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. Together with a history of drugs ... and an introductory preface, tracing the progress of physic, and explaining the theories which have ... prevail'd in all ages / By R. James.

A black-and-white engraved plate from a medical dictionary, labelled Tab. XXXV, showing saws, knives and forceps at left. At right, surgeons perform amputations on seated and reclining patients, with severed limbs and artificial legs drawn below.

Artist
Robert James
Date
1743-1745
Medium
Dictionaries, Medical
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3172 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1745.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: Instrumentos quirúrgicos y escenas de amputación, grabado médico

Lámina grabada en blanco y negro de un diccionario médico, marcada como Tab. XXXV, que muestra sierras, cuchillos y pinzas a la izquierda. A la derecha, cirujanos realizan amputaciones a pacientes sentados y recostados, con miembros seccionados y piernas artificiales dibujadas abajo.

Português: Instrumentos cirúrgicos e cenas de amputação, gravura médica

Estampa gravada em preto e branco de um dicionário médico, marcada como Tab. XXXV, mostrando serras, facas e pinças à esquerda. À direita, cirurgiões realizam amputações em pacientes sentados e deitados, com membros seccionados e pernas artificiais desenhadas abaixo.