Bullets and Shells

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A physician kneels on a battlefield beside a wounded soldier, wrapping a bandage around the man’s leg

But soon, shells, gunshots, and hails of bullets.

Artist

Name:: Daumier, Honoré
Dates:: 1808-1879
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Plon, A.
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Némésis médicale, vol. 1
Author:: Fabre, François
Publisher:: Paris: La Némésis Médicale, 1840
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A physician kneels on a battlefield beside a wounded soldier, wrapping a bandage around the man’s leg.

The caption reads in the original French: Mais bientôt les obus, les balles, la mitraille.

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