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Amputation of a leg without anaesthetic, 1593.
Amputation of a leg without anaesthetic, 1593. A surgeon uses a bow-saw to remove a patient's leg blow the knee while his assistant holds the foot. In the background a man with a well-padded fist stands ready to render the patient unconscious. From Veldt Boeck van den Chirugia Scheel-Hans by Hans von Gersdorf, a Dutch translation of Gersdorf's book published in Strasbourg in 1517, and containing woodcuts from the original edition. (Amsterdam, 1593)
Unique Identifier
AR924661
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3537px × 4961px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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16TH CENTURY
Amputation
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
country
Dutch
German
Germany
Gersdorf
Hans von
Hans von Gersdorf
Health
JOB
leg
LOCATION
Male
Man
Medicine
Men
Monochrome
OCCUPATION
PATIENT
People
Physician
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
Saw
sawing
Science
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Surgeon
Surgery
Surgical instrument
The Netherlands, Topography
Tool
Woodcut