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Gruesome and Surreal Surgical Illustrations from the 15th–19th Centuries
Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery and Nicholas Henri Jacob, ‘Iconografia d’anatomia chirurgica e di medicina operatoria,’ (1841), Florence. Ligature of an artery in the inguinal region, using sutures and a suture hook, with compression of the abdomen to reduce aortic blood flow. Wellcome Library, London.