File:Adams-type orthopaedic saw, Liverpool, England, 1855-1928 Wellcome L0057051.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,865 × 4,594 pixels, file size: 4.18 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Adams-type orthopaedic saw, Liverpool, England, 1855-1928
Title
Adams-type orthopaedic saw, Liverpool, England, 1855-1928
Description

William Adams (1820-1900), an English surgeon, invented this type of saw for his new procedure, called periosteotomy. This involved un-fusing the bones of the hip joint by cutting the neck of the femur (upper leg bone). He affectionately called the saw “my little thaw”, because the knife was used to cut through and ‘melt’ fused bones. Adams specialised in orthopaedics at the Great Northern Hospital from 1855 to 1891 and established a reputation as a successful orthopaedic surgeon.

maker: R Sumner and Company

Place made: Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

Wellcome Images
Keywords: periosteotomy; orthopaedics; orthopaedic saw
Credit line

This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

References
  • Library reference: Science Museum A2241
  • Photo number: L0057051
Source/Photographer

https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/e5/87/0cd89b4ae126e572387f8e444a90.jpg

Licensing[edit]

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:07, 17 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 07:07, 17 October 20143,865 × 4,594 (4.18 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Adams-type orthopaedic saw, Liverpool, England, 1855-1928 |description = William Adams (1820-1900), an English surgeon, invented this type of saw fo...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Adams-type_orthopaedic_saw,_Liverpool,_England,_1855-1928_Wellcome_L0057051.jpg&oldid=781930134"