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A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.

A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: at 5.30 am, breakfast is brought to a sleepy ward and the mail is delivered to an eager patient. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

An amputated leg in a tourniquet supported by a piece of wood that covers the end of the stump. Engraving by J. Beugo.

A man (George C. Lewis) with a wounded hand, holding his arm in a sling. Photograph, 1873.

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A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.

A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: at 5.30 am, breakfast is brought to a sleepy ward and the mail is delivered to an eager patient. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

An amputated leg in a tourniquet supported by a piece of wood that covers the end of the stump. Engraving by J. Beugo.

A man (George C. Lewis) with a wounded hand, holding his arm in a sling. Photograph, 1873.