Historical Hospital Scenes

Black-and-white images depicting medical scenarios, including a surgical procedure and a patient resting in a hospital setting, conveying a somber, reflective mood.

'Lightnin' Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison hospital at Darrington State Farm, Texas. He was one of the prison musicians who continued the work song tradition of African slaves, while laboring in work gangs on the prison farm. His singing was recorded by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. 1934 photo by Lomax.

Removal of plaster on German soldier, aboard Swedish hospital train.

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'Lightnin' Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison hospital at Darrington State Farm, Texas. He was one of the prison musicians who continued the work song tradition of African slaves, while laboring in work gangs on the prison farm. His singing was recorded by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. 1934 photo by Lomax.

TWILIGHT ZONE-TV (1959) -Original title: THE TWILIGHT ZONE-.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY in the Red Cross Hospital in Milan, 1918.

Accommodation for female assistants, Vittorio. .

Guy's Hospital- Life in a London Hospital, England, 1941 A nurse loads a syringe with Tetanus anti-toxin at Guy's Hospital in London in 1941. Every casualty that arrives at Guy's is injected against Tetanus as a precaution.

A patient receiving cobalt 60 cancer therapy.

Friern Hospital, London: a child's leg with marks and sores. Photograph, 1890/1910.

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Care of German soldier on Swedish hospital train.

The earliest description of the use of opium as a recreational drug in China comes from Xu Boling, who wrote in 1483 that opium was 'mainly used to aid masculinity, strengthen sperm and regain vigor', and that it 'enhances the art of alchemists, sex and court ladies'. He described an expedition sent by the Chenghua Emperor in 1483 to procure opium for a price 'equal to that of gold' in Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Shaanxi where it is close to Xiyu. A century later, Li Shizhen listed standard medical uses of opium in his renowned Compendium of Materia Medica (1578), but also wrote that 'lay people use it for the art of sex', in particular the ability to 'arrest seminal emission'. This association of opium with sex continued in China until the twentieth century. Opium smoking began as a privilege of the elite and remained a great luxury into the early 19th century, but by 1861, Wang Tao wrote that opium was used by rich peasants, and that even a small village without a rice stor

Julia Margaret Cameron, Deathbed Study of Adeline Grace Clogstoun, 1872 Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815 - 1879), Deathbed Study of Adeline Grace Clogstoun, 1872, albumen print from collodion negative, Patrons' Permanent Fund 1995.36.68

Death. Chicago, Illinois 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois , Chicago, Illinois , Cook County

Photography from "An account of manufacturing at the State Railway's prosthetic workshop in Nässjö", 1932. Visits leg prosthesis with special adaptations for the patient.

Photo collection Government information service. Hungry winter 1944/1945. HUNGER WINTER. Victim of malnutrition. 1945

Cosmetic Surgery

Spanish Flu Epidemic 1918-19. An pneumonia ward at the U. S. Army Evacuation Hospital in Prum, Germany during the Spanish Flu epidemic.

Operation room of the Surgery Department. v. Forster.

Vintage Photograph. A doctor reaching into bag while mother checks boys fever.

Marcel Proust on his death bed in 1922. He died while still working on his multi-volume master work, 'À la recherche du temps perdu,' (In Search of Lost Time), and also published as 'Remembrance of Things Past' (BSLOC_2016_8_141)

Senior woman sitting in a wheelchair

Anefo photo collection. 58th (Spring) Beurs in Utrecht reading device. March 25, 1952. Utrecht

Mouth-to-Mouth Breathing (Expired Air Resuscitation). In DIRECT breathing: Hold the jaw in this position in one hand, approach the victim's head from his left side (as shown here).* - Insert the thumb of your left hand between the victim's teeth and grasp his lower jaw at the midline. - Lift the lower jaw forcefully upward so that the lower teeth are higher than the upper teeth. - Hold the jaw in this position as long as the victim is unconscious. Close the victim's nose with your right hand. * See Nos. 6,7,8 of series for approach used in applying AIRWAY.

The Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, India: production of the rabies vaccine: inserting a swab on a wire into the spinal canal of a dissected rabbit, previously infected with rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Mouth-to-Mouth Breathing (Expired Air Resuscitation). In DIRECT breathing: After taking a deep breath, place your mouth over the victim's mouth with AIRTIGHT CONTACT; his entire mouth must be inside your lips (as shown here). - Slow into the victim's mouth - forcefully into adults and gently into children. - Watch the victim's chest. When it rises, stop blowing and quickly remove your mouth from the victim's. - Let the victim exhale passively by the elasticity of the lungs and chest. - When the chest does not rise improve the support of the air passageway and blow more forcefully. - Repeat these inflations 12 to 20 times per minute. In an adult whose mouth cannot be opened for insertion of thumb, place mouth over victim's mouth, covering the nose with your right cheek. Do not use the thumb in a child less than three years old. Cover both the mouth and nose with your mouth. Blow only with small puffs from your cheeks, not from your lungs, TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE BABY'S LUNGS.

1970s MEDICAL HOSPITAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT MONTAGE WITH OPERATING ROOM HANDS OF ANONYMOUS UNIDENTIFIED WORRIED PERSON

A breast operation to remove a lump, in progress: a metal surgical implement is placed into the breast via an incision in the armpit. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.

Anefo photo collection. Hungry winter 1944/1945. HUNGER WINTER. Child suffering from malnutrition Born 10-10-1944. On the name card: Smit. June 1, 1945. Limburg, Venlo

Sleep: Why you can and why you can't. September 27, 1941. (Photo by ACME Newspictures Inc.).

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi resting during a rail journey to Delhi, 1946. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India

1950s BOY & DOG PRAYING AT BEDSIDE

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Massage in the 1930s. The swedish actress Disa Gillis demonstrates the belt massager and exercise machine that is designed to vibrate and massage the body. Sweden 1930s

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1950s 1960s TWO LIFESAVING EMT FIREMEN RESCUE WORKERS EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL USING RESUSCITATOR ON CHILD VICTIM

Close-up of surgeon's hands performing open-heart surgery

William J. Mayo (1861-1939), was a specialist in surgery of the abdomen, pelvis, and kidney, at the Mayo Clinic, which he founded with his brother, Dr. Charles Mayo. Ca. 1920.

SH 300 - Exports "baby" Reverse direction. July 13, 1950.

Three children being treated with ultra-violet rays to cure rickets. Their goggles were designed to protect them from becoming sun burnt in the artificial sunlight. Date: 1925

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit General Simons and Dr. Karamoy to Djokja. Dr. Karamoy (Secretary of State and Head of the Department of Health) in conversation with a Dutch soldier in a hospital bed. January 17, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Yogyakarta

Anefo photo collection. Japanese terrorists hostage French ambassador and 10 others in the French embassy in The Hague, in arm shot agent O. Koster in hospital during /. September 15, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Friern Hospital, London: a dead man on a bed, viewed from the side. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Enego.Ins of the hospital. .

Gas Masks For Babies -- A Baby inside one of the hoods at a demonstration given at the Holborn Town Hall this morning.A gas mask (or hood) for babies, which was demonstrated at Holborn Town Hall this morning, has taken three years of continuous research and experiment to perfect, It consists of a hood of impervious fabric and is fitted with a large window of cellulose acetate. The hood encloses the head, shoulders and arms, and is closed round the waist by means of a draw tape. Air is supplied to the inside of the hood by means of a rubber bellows placed conveniently for used by the right hand. March 13, 1939. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited.).

A doctor treats patients in the village of El Mulato, Sierra Maestra Mountains, Cuba.

Isabel Wachenheimer lying in a hospital bed in the Etania sanatorium in Davos, with an unknown man next to her bed, August 12, 1945, Anonymous, 1945 photograph Isabel Wachenheimer lying in a hospital bed in the Sanatorium Etania in Davos, with an unknown man next to her bed. Davos photographic support gelatin silver print Davos

Health - Broken Limbs. October 19, 1948.

B/W Elderly female patient walks down the hall with an IV pole as nurse supports her. Nice hands backs to camera.

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