'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-height 5552 People stroll in the gardens

People stroll in the gardens or ride in boats along the canal

9th August 1969

Portrait of Elena Carafa

Tennis player Lorna Cawthorn taking a days rest to watch the action at Wimbledon

'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-height 5552 People stroll in the gardensMedical study of a section of the amputated leg tissue of Elizabeth Powis, showing the human sciatic nerve. Plate 2 from the publication A memoir on amputation of the thigh at the hip joint, (with a successful case) by William Sands Cox FRS (London, 1845). Elizabeth Powis, a 23 year old (in 1845) seamstress, underwent surgery at the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, England on 1 November 1842. The text accompanying this illustration notes that: 'On making