IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This type of surgical knife was named ...

Imagine lying on a table in a old-school operating room. Faces stare down on you from the viewing galleries above and your leg throbs with pain from a broken bone and an infection just starting to set ...

He was so incredibly strong and agile he was able to use his left arm as a tourniquet, while he wielded the knife in his right hand, as the patient writhed around, screaming in fear and agony. Liston ...