An older surgeon instructing a younger surgeon on how to bleed a male patient's arm. Engraving, 1586.

Hans von Spor, Caspar von Teschen, George von Seidewitz, Heinrich von Karlwitz, Christof Stange, Christof vun Zevtz, Georg von Lichtenbergk, Hans Heinrich von Hatitsch (leader of t...

Lettering: Inscriptions on the surgical equipment which forms the costume of the surgeon are as follows. On the instrument on his head: Eleuatoire po' la Teste. On his right arm: B...

Lettering: Inscriptions on the surgical equipment which forms the costume of the surgeon are as follows. On the instrument on his head: Eleuatoire po' la Teste. On his right arm: B...

Lettering: Inscriptions on the surgical equipment which forms the costume of the surgeon are as follows. On the instrument on his head: Eleuatoire po' la Teste. On his right arm: B...

Lettering: Inscriptions on the surgical equipment which forms the costume of the surgeon are as follows. On the instrument on his head: Eleuatoire po' la Teste. On his right arm: B...

Octaves were dinner-parties held by Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., Professor of Surgery at University College, London, at his house 35 Wimpole Street, at which eight courses, accompani...