'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-code 1239281 Printed by McQueen

Printed by McQueen

In the foreground figures stand sheltering under umbrellas watching the event

The office of Messre Charles Greenwood and Co

Dressed in ragged clothes and standing on a street corner

one carrying a long brush

'Great Sciatic nerve' mb-code 1239281 Printed by McQueenMedical 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