'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-height 5552 Earl Gr-v-n-r exclaims Why

Earl Gr-v-n-r exclaims Why

6th Febrary 1963

TUBERCULES OF THE DURA MATER

Sir David Brewster was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815

'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-height 5552 Earl Gr-v-n-r exclaims WhyMedical 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