Answer all questions. 01 Study Source A.
How usefulis Source A to an historian studying surgery in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?
18th = 1700's 19th = 1800's
Pile
Pain
Infection
Loss of blood
Environment
Explain your answer using Source A and your contextualknowledge. [8 marks]
Source A
A cartoon drawn by Thomas Rowlandson in 1793 showing a patient having a leg amputated. Thomas
Rowlandson was a famous cartoonist who earned a living by publishing his work in magazines. He
knew the surgeon, John Hunter, and his work.