Images Dated 18th January 2012

Calots spinal surgery, 19th century

Calot's spinal surgery, 19th-century artwork. This operation is being carried out by the French surgeon Jean-Francois Calot (1861-1944) on a condition known as Pott's disease. This curvature of the spine is also known as tuberculous spondylitis, and is caused by tuberculosis (TB). Calot's technique was described in 1896 in a paper he read to the Academy of Medicine in Paris, and the operation is named after him. An orthopaedic institute he founded is also now named after him. Artwork from the 19th volume (first period of 1897) of the French popular science weekly La Science Illustree

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A musher and his dogs compete during the ninth stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled

A musher and his dogs compete during the ninth stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dogs race at the Polar Base in Mont-Cenis January 17, 2012. The race crosses the Alps in France covering over 1000 km (621 miles) over 11 days. Picture taken January 17, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT SOCIETY ANIMALS) - GM1E81I16SC01

A Lady Walking in a Garden, standing full length and Holding her Small Child by the Hand

651793 A Lady Walking in a Garden, standing full length and Holding her Small Child by the Hand; Possibly a Study for The Richmond Water-Walk, (black chalk and stump, heightened with white (partly in oil pain) by Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-88); 50.5x32 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Lady Walking in a Garden, standing full length and Holding her Small Child by the Hand; Possibly a Study for The Richmond Water-Walk. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788). Black chalk and stump, heightened with white (partly in oil paint) on buff paper. 50.5 x 32cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; English, out of copyright

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