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Charles Bell, 'Illustrations of the great operations of surgery,' 1821

Charles Bell, plate from 'Illustrations of the great operations of surgery,' 1821, a classic technical text on surgery, it also includes Bell’s views on the responsibility of the surgeon. The plate shown is of an open wound in the head after the surgical procedure of trephination (drilling a hole in the skull).Fragments of the skull are also shown with a numbered guide relating to where each part had been removed.