Luxation

About This Item

Title

Luxation

Subject

Dislocations

Shoulder Dislocation

Book Illustrations

Description

Title provided by cataloger.

Woodcut depicts treatment of a dislocated shoulder. A pulley is used to stretch out the arm as needed while the physician, with the help of a sling around his neck and his patient's dislocated arm, forces the arm back into its joint.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 560. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.560

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

8 x 13 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Luxation,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3032.