Reduction of a fracture of the leg on the battlefield, 1528. Woodcut from Feldtbuch des Wundartzney (Fieldbook of Surgery) by H. von Gersdorff, Strasbourg. This image has been colorized.

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Reduction of Fractured Leg on Battlefield, 16th C

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