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Background imageSurgery Collection: Views of the bones in the human foot from ankle to toe. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell

Views of the bones in the human foot from ankle to toe. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical
FLO4565738 Views of the bones in the human foot from ankle to toe. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Sue from John Barclay's A Series of

Background imageSurgery Collection: Bones of the carpus, metacarpus and fingers in the human hand

Bones of the carpus, metacarpus and fingers in the human hand. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an
FLO4565722 Bones of the carpus, metacarpus and fingers in the human hand. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration from John Barclay's A Series of Engravings of

Background imageSurgery Collection: Sternum and cartilage of the human ribcage, with several ribs

Sternum and cartilage of the human ribcage, with several ribs. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an
FLO4565702 Sternum and cartilage of the human ribcage, with several ribs. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Sue from John Barclay's A Series

Background imageSurgery Collection: Ribs and sternum in the human ribcage. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an

Ribs and sternum in the human ribcage. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by
FLO4565699 Ribs and sternum in the human ribcage. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Sue from John Barclay's A Series of Engravings of

Background imageSurgery Collection: Front view of the human trunk skeleton including spine, ribs and pelvis

Front view of the human trunk skeleton including spine, ribs and pelvis. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after
FLO4565690 Front view of the human trunk skeleton including spine, ribs and pelvis. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Suefrom John Barclay's

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical trusses from the 19th century: Dr. Hulme's palm truss, Mr. Salmon's patent, Mr

Surgical trusses from the 19th century: Dr. Hulme's palm truss, Mr. Salmon's patent, Mr. Whitford's, Mr
FLO4592945 Surgical trusses from the 19th century: Dr. Hulme's palm truss, Mr. Salmon's patent, Mr. Whitford's, Mr. Marron's for exomphalos, and Mr. Eagle's

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical trepanning instruments including spring forceps, Savigny's trephines, scalpel, elevator, Mr

Surgical trepanning instruments including spring forceps, Savigny's trephines, scalpel, elevator, Mr
FLO4592938 Surgical trepanning instruments including spring forceps, Savigny's trephines, scalpel, elevator, Mr. Hey's saws, lenticular, raspatory, brush, and trephine from the 19th century

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical equipment including elevator, tripod elevator, Mr. Rodman's trepanning instrument, I.L

Surgical equipment including elevator, tripod elevator, Mr. Rodman's trepanning instrument, I.L
FLO4592926 Surgical equipment including elevator, tripod elevator, Mr. Rodman's trepanning instrument, I.L. Petite's elevator as improved by M

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical equipment including spatula, eye probe, caustic case, probe, director, pocket tenaculum

Surgical equipment including spatula, eye probe, caustic case, probe, director, pocket tenaculum
FLO4592887 Surgical equipment including spatula, eye probe, caustic case, probe, director, pocket tenaculum, male and female catheters, needles, forceps, lancets and scissors from the 19th century

Background imageSurgery Collection: 17th century surgery on foot

17th century surgery on foot
6117796 17th century surgery on foot; (add.info.: In the 17th century, a surgeon performs surgery on a mana's foot. After a 17th century work.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Background imageSurgery Collection: Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?

Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?
2626428 Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?; (add.info.: Illustration from 'Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?' 1585 by Ambroise Pare)

Background imageSurgery Collection: BARTHOLIN, Thomas (1616-1680). Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian

BARTHOLIN, Thomas (1616-1680). Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian
CUL4875561 BARTHOLIN, Thomas (1616-1680). Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of the lymphatic system in humans

Background imageSurgery Collection: SUAREZ de RIBERA, Francisco (S.XVIII). Spanish doctor. Illustration of ' Theatro Chyrurgico

SUAREZ de RIBERA, Francisco (S.XVIII). Spanish doctor. Illustration of " Theatro Chyrurgico anatomico del cuerpo
CUL4871798 SUAREZ de RIBERA, Francisco (S.XVIII). Spanish doctor. Illustration of " Theatro Chyrurgico anatomico del cuerpo del hombre viviente

Background imageSurgery Collection: SUAREZ de RIBERA, Francisco (S.XVIII). Spanish doctor. Illustration of ' Theatro Chyrurgico

SUAREZ de RIBERA, Francisco (S.XVIII). Spanish doctor. Illustration of " Theatro Chyrurgico anatomico del cuerpo
CUL4871759 SUAREZ de RIBERA, Francisco (S.XVIII). Spanish doctor. Illustration of " Theatro Chyrurgico anatomico del cuerpo del hombre viviente

Background imageSurgery Collection: MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742). Bibliotheca Surgica. 1721. MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742)

MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742). Bibliotheca Surgica. 1721. MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742)
CUL4872473 MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742). Bibliotheca Surgica. 1721. MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742). Swiss physician and writer. Orthopedic leg. First edition, published in Geneva

Background imageSurgery Collection: Different types of forceps. Manuscript by Abu-L-Qasim Az Zahrawi (Albuchasim). 13th century

Different types of forceps. Manuscript by Abu-L-Qasim Az Zahrawi (Albuchasim). 13th century
GIA5036743 Different types of forceps. Manuscript by Abu-L-Qasim Az Zahrawi (Albuchasim). 13th century. Translation by Gerardus Magister Cremonensis.; (add.info.: Different types of forceps)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Johannes de Katham (engraving)

Johannes de Katham (engraving)
CUL4936262 Johannes de Katham (engraving); (add.info.: German physician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century. Human health compendium (Fasciculus medicinae, 1491)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Men of the Day, Satirical in N & B, 1919_1_18: War of 14 -18, Information censorship

Men of the Day, Satirical in N & B, 1919_1_18: War of 14 -18, Information censorship
ICA4940184 Men of the Day, Satirical in N & B, 1919_1_18: War of 14 -18, Information censorship; (add.info.: Men of the Day, Satirical in N & B, 1919_1_18: War of 14 -18)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Islamic treatise on surgery

Islamic treatise on surgery
2910548 Islamic treatise on surgery; (add.info.: Islamic treatise on surgery 12th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageSurgery Collection: Using a laryngoscope to aid a surgeon in the removal of a polyp from the throat, c1890

Using a laryngoscope to aid a surgeon in the removal of a polyp from the throat, c1890
540960 Using a laryngoscope to aid a surgeon in the removal of a polyp from the throat, c1890. From Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes (The Principal Illnesses and Their Remedies), Jules Rengade

Background imageSurgery Collection: New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital (b/w photo)

New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital (b/w photo)
8639576 New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary (b/w photo)

Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary (b/w photo)
8639574 Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Theatre of the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street (b/w photo)

Theatre of the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street (b/w photo)
8639571 Theatre of the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatre of the Children's Hospital)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Frontispice du traite medical 'De Chirurgie' de Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), chirurgien francais

Frontispice du traite medical "De Chirurgie" de Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), chirurgien francais
AIS5385611 Frontispice du traite medical "De Chirurgie" de Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), chirurgien francais. Edition imprimee a Amsterdam, 1636. B.N., Paris.; © Iberfoto.

Background imageSurgery Collection: An engraving depicting an operation to correct Strabismus (cross-eye), 19th century

An engraving depicting an operation to correct Strabismus (cross-eye), 19th century
5311415 An engraving depicting an operation to correct Strabismus (cross-eye), 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1886); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageSurgery Collection: Method for reducing fractures - in ' Operate Surgical di Rasis' (Al-Razi (Rhazes)

Method for reducing fractures - in " Operate Surgical di Rasis" (Al-Razi (Rhazes)
GIA5033372 Method for reducing fractures - in " Operate Surgical di Rasis" (Al-Razi (Rhazes). al-Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad b

Background imageSurgery Collection: Main in ' The way of processing the faictes playes by hacquebutes, as by arrows

Main in " The way of processing the faictes playes by hacquebutes, as by arrows, & the accidents of icelles
XEE5030952 Main in " The way of processing the faictes playes by hacquebutes, as by arrows, & the accidents of icelles, like fractures & caries of bones, gangrene & mortification

Background imageSurgery Collection: Extraction of Renal Calculations - in' Two Books of Surgery' by Ambroise Pare, 1551

Extraction of Renal Calculations - in" Two Books of Surgery" by Ambroise Pare, 1551
XEE5030950 Extraction of Renal Calculations - in" Two Books of Surgery" by Ambroise Pare, 1551, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense Milano; (add.info)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Portrait of Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), French surgeon

Portrait of Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), French surgeon
XEE5027305 Portrait of Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), French surgeon; (add.info.: Portrait of Ambroise Pare (1509-1590), French surgeon); Stefano Bianchetti.

Background imageSurgery Collection: Instrument surgical csurgical instruments) - in ' De anatomome corporis humani' by Guido Guidi

Instrument surgical csurgical instruments) - in " De anatomome corporis humani" by Guido Guidi (Vidus Vidius)
XEE5029681 Instrument surgical csurgical instruments) - in " De anatomome corporis humani" by Guido Guidi (Vidus Vidius) (1509-1569) Italian surgeon and anatomist

Background imageSurgery Collection: First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846

First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846
NWI4952554 First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical equipment for a lithotomy: sound, staffs, Blunt gorget, Hawkin's cutting gorget, Mr

Surgical equipment for a lithotomy: sound, staffs, Blunt gorget, Hawkin's cutting gorget, Mr
FLO4593006 Surgical equipment for a lithotomy: sound, staffs, Blunt gorget, Hawkin's cutting gorget, Mr. Cline's cutting gorget, Mr. Aberney's gorget and forceps from the 19th century

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical equipment for couching and the extraction of the cataract: Scarpa's couching needle

Surgical equipment for couching and the extraction of the cataract: Scarpa's couching needle
FLO4592972 Surgical equipment for couching and the extraction of the cataract: Scarpa's couching needle, Hey's couching needle, Pellier's hook, Richter's knife, Wenzel's knife

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical equipment including amputating and metacarpal saws, knives, catling, bistoury, scalpel

Surgical equipment including amputating and metacarpal saws, knives, catling, bistoury, scalpel, needle, tenaculum
FLO4592884 Surgical equipment including amputating and metacarpal saws, knives, catling, bistoury, scalpel, needle, tenaculum, bone nippers and forceps from the 19th century

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgical equipment including turnstiles and amputation instruments from the 19th century

Surgical equipment including turnstiles and amputation instruments from the 19th century
FLO4592871 Surgical equipment including turnstiles and amputation instruments from the 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' " Cyclopedia or Universal

Background imageSurgery Collection: Inca Crane proving the practice of surgical operation on the human brain during prehistory in Peru

Inca Crane proving the practice of surgical operation on the human brain during prehistory in Peru Colour engraving of
NWI4900256 Inca Crane proving the practice of surgical operation on the human brain during prehistory in Peru Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgery in the 17th century

Surgery in the 17th century
6117844 Surgery in the 17th century; (add.info.: A surgeon operates on the arm of a patient in the 17th century. After a later copy of a 17th century work by Justus van den Nijpoort)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Side view of human skeleton and horse skeleton. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after

Side view of human skeleton and horse skeleton. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after anatomical illustrations
FLO4565764 Side view of human skeleton and horse skeleton. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after anatomical illustrations by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus

Background imageSurgery Collection: Fetal skeleton at six months with scythe 1, at three months 2 and at ten weeks 3

Fetal skeleton at six months with scythe 1, at three months 2 and at ten weeks 3
FLO4565763 Fetal skeleton at six months with scythe 1, at three months 2 and at ten weeks 3. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Sue from John

Background imageSurgery Collection: Fetal skeleton at the time of birth. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical

Fetal skeleton at the time of birth. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by
FLO4565750 Fetal skeleton at the time of birth. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Sue from John Barclay's A Series of Engravings of

Background imageSurgery Collection: An estranged mother and son reconciled in a hospital ward after her son became an amputee as a

An estranged mother and son reconciled in a hospital ward after her son became an amputee as a result of an accident
3478178 An estranged mother and son reconciled in a hospital ward after her son became an amputee as a result of an accident

Background imageSurgery Collection: Dental keys for tooth extraction

Dental keys for tooth extraction
2625328 Dental keys for tooth extraction; (add.info.: Illustration of dental keys for tooth extraction. Savigny's catalogue of surgery implements, circa 1798.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageSurgery Collection: Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?

Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?
2626406 Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?; (add.info.: Illustration from 'Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?' 1585 by Ambroise Pare)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?

Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?
2626404 Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?; (add.info.: Illustration from 'Les oeuures d'Ambroise Pare?' 1585 by Ambroise Pare)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Medicine. Otolaryngology. Electric cauter. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity

Medicine. Otolaryngology. Electric cauter. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910
2638750 Medicine. Otolaryngology. Electric cauter. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Medecine. Oto rhino laryngologie)

Background imageSurgery Collection: Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov, 1840

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov, 1840
1576970 Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov, 1840; (add.info.: Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (25th November 1810 - 5th December 1881) was a Russian and Ukrainian scientist

Background imageSurgery Collection: James Marion Sims, 1850

James Marion Sims, 1850
1576966 James Marion Sims, 1850; (add.info.: J. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims (January 25, 1813 - November 13, 1883) was a physician and a pioneer in the field of surgery

Background imageSurgery Collection: Surgeon operating on an man's eye. 12th century (english manuscript)

Surgeon operating on an man's eye. 12th century (english manuscript)
527529 Surgeon operating on an man's eye. 12th century (english manuscript); Universal History Archive/UIG.



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"Surgery: A Journey Through Time and Advancements in Medical Science" Step into the world of surgery, where history meets innovation and medical breakthroughs have transformed lives. In 1846, a monumental milestone was achieved with the first use of anesthesia in surgery, forever changing the way procedures were conducted. Gazing upon a Roman statue of Asclepius, the Greek god associated with healing and medicine, one can't help but marvel at how far we've come. From trepanation depicted in 14th-century artwork to evidence of trephination found in an Inca skull, ancient civilizations had their own methods for surgical interventions. The cause and effect relationship between dental health and overall well-being is humorously portrayed by H. M. Bateman's dentist cartoon. It reminds us that even seemingly simple procedures like tooth extraction required skilled professionals throughout history. Nurses diligently watch over surgeries as silent guardians of patient care. Their presence brings comfort amidst complex operations such as total hip replacements captured on X-rays or Calots spinal surgery from the 19th century. In 1947, the Medical Fund Society Dental Surgery provided much-needed oral healthcare to those who couldn't afford it. This initiative highlights society's commitment to ensuring access to essential medical services for all. Even armies recognized the importance of dental health with mobile dental surgeries like that belonging to the French army—an innovative approach bringing dentistry closer to soldiers during times of conflict. Amidst these advancements lies a reminder that surgery has not always been about progress alone; it also involved difficult decisions like amputations—whether it be an arm or leg—the ultimate sacrifice made for survival or quality of life. As we reflect on this captivating journey through time, let us appreciate how surgical techniques have evolved while honoring those who paved the way for modern medicine—a testament to human resilience and our unwavering pursuit of better healthcare outcomes.