CHT235113 Treatment of a dislocation, from a commentary of Apollonius of Citium (1st century BC) on the Hippocratic treatise \'On Joints\' (vellum) by Greek School, (11th century); Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Treatment for a dislocated knee - the patient is suspended by the feet and manipulated by the doctor. Folio 207 of Florence, Laurentian Pluteus 74.7, depicting an orthopedic procedure involving a ladder and pulley. The earliest surviving illustrated surgical codex was written and illuminated in Constantinople for the Byzantine physician Niketas (Nicetas) about 900 CE. It contains 30 full-page images illustrating the commentary of Apollonios of Kition on the Hippocratic treatise On Dislocations (Peri Arthron) and 63 smaller images scattered through the pages of the treatise on bandaging of Soranos of Ephesos. The Apollonian paintings represent various manipulations and apparatus employed in reducing dislocations; each of the images is framed in the Byzantine style in an archway of ornate design. ); 穢 Archives Charmet; Greek, out of copyright.