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Two hands held on either side of a dark mark on a forearm, to demonstrate the manual treatment of ulcers. Photograph.

A young man with an ulcerated face. Lithograph after H. Holbein.

Herpes

Glycyrrhiza glabra (Liquorice or Licorice)

Side view showing an ulcerated human buttock. Coloured lithograph.

A boy with a wounded thigh seated on a bed; a crutch to his right. Coloured stipple etching by J. Grant after J. Bell, ca. 1815.

A hand held over a dark mark on a forearm, to demonstrate the manual treatment of ulcers. Photograph.

Aloe vera

SEM of colony of Helicobacter

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.

Chancroid

The plague of sores. Etching by J. Luyken.

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Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Aloe vera

Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery / by Bransby B. Cooper.

Chancroid

The plague of sores. Etching by J. Luyken.