Forceps invented by Helvetius for the examination and amputation of cancerous breasts; includes also plate on diseases of the breast
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Title
Forceps invented by Helvetius for the examination and amputation of cancerous breasts; includes also plate on diseases of the breast
Subject
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
Description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 30.3 x 37.8 cm
Table XLIV Table XLV / Table XLIII
Table XLIV Table XLV / Table XLIII
Creator
R. Parr sculp
Source
Wellcome Collection
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qmudt5rg
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qmudt5rg
Publisher
[London] : [T. Osborne & J. Roberts], [between 1743 and 1745]
Collection
Citation
R. Parr sculp, “Forceps invented by Helvetius for the examination and amputation of cancerous breasts; includes also plate on diseases of the breast,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/99.