Brambilla's textbook of military surgery, 1782.
Image number: 10288827
A set of amputation instruments, including a saw, shown laid across an illustrated plate from an early surgical textbook written by Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla (1728-1800). Brambilla was military surgeon to the Austrian Emperor Josef II. His treatise represented a landmark in surgical textbooks. The instruments are made of steel and ebony, and were manufactured by Lichtenberger in Strasbourg, c 1800.
- Image number:
- 10288827
- Credit:
- Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
- Date taken:
- 20 October 2003 12:46
- Image rights:
- Science Museum
