Forceps invented by Helvetius for the examination and amputation of cancerous breasts. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

  • Parr, Remi, 1723-
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[between 1743 and 1745]
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47721i
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[London] : [T. Osborne & J. Roberts], [between 1743 and 1745]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 30.3 x 37.8 cm

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R. Parr sculp Table XLIV Table XLV

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Plate to: R. James, A medicinal dictionary, including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany in all their branches relative to medicine, 3 vols, London 1743-1745

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Wellcome Collection 47721i

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