Hammer Gallery

Trepanation, 14th century artwork

Trepanation. 14th century artwork of a doctor using a hammer and scalpel to perform a surgical operation known as trepanation. This is a form of treatment in which a hole is drilled into the patient's skull. It was used to treat many conditions in the Middle Ages, including headaches, migraines, epilepsy and mental illness. Artwork from Anathomia (1345), by the Italian anatomist Guido da Vigevano

© SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Variety of pistols, incl Colts Deringer pistol / Peacemaker

A variety of pistols, including Colt's Deringer pistol, the Snapchance Revolver, a full-size cartridge, a US Cavalry Colt SAA (Single Action Army - Peacemaker) .45 revolver (circa 1877) and a self-extracting Revolver.
circa 1880

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Knight of the mid 15th century in battle armor with weapons

Knight of the mid 15th century in battle armor with weapons. . He wears a checkered tunic over stocking, with two angels above holding his coat of arms. The weapons include a war hammer A and sword E. From the Dresden Print Museum, Wurzburg Historical Society, and Munich Museum. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century, Frankfurt, 1883. IIlustration drawn by Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German archeologist, art historian and illustrator. He was director of the Bavarian National Museum from 1868 until 1886

© Florilegius / Mary Evans