Wonderful Operation

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, artist
Publication:: [London] : , [October 1, 1831]
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Politics
Twins, Conjoined -- surgery
United Kingdom
Genre(s):: Caricatures
Abstract:: Two men, joined as if conjoined twins, are about to be separated by a man yielding a knife. A nurse rushes forward to lend assistance, and another man stands to the side holding a surgical saw.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 print : 10 x 12 cm.
Provenance:: Purchase; 1967.
Technique:: lithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:: 101393378 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A021776
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393378

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