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A system of surgery, Plate LXXII, 1791

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Instructions for attaching a metal clasp to a leg for an early 18th century limb prosthetics.

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Surgery
Creator:
Benjamin Bell (1749-1806)

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Benjamin Bell, Surgeon

Scottish surgeon Benjamin Bell authored an authoritative, multi-volume, illustrated surgical textbook <em>A System of Surgery</em>, which was popular across Europe and in America.
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A system of surgery, Plate LXXIV, 1791

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