'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-code 2328954 Willie Anderson

Willie Anderson

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'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-code 2328954 Willie AndersonMedical 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