Historical Medical Challenges

Illustrations depicting historical medical scenarios, emphasizing care, consultation, and dramatic health challenges.

The death of King George III at Windsor Castle on 29 January 1820; he was later buried on 16 February in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. England. digital reproduction of a historical original
The death of King George III at Windsor Castle on 29 January 1820; he was later buried on 16 February in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. England. digital reproduction of a historical original
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Operating room amphitheater of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. A patient is receiving ether anesthesia as doctors and students observe. 1888.
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Using an Arnold sterilizer as a bronchitis kettle to produce steam impregnated with eucalyptus or Friars Balsam to relieve shortness of breath. Engraving, London, 1891.
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seated hypochondriac trembling in front of a fire, stove, surrounded by pills, living room with armchair and inventory, 1819, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of that period..
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A Travelling Turkish barber gives his client a wet shave using a cutthroat razor. Date: circa 1908
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Illustration depicting a woman mourning at a poverty stricken deathbed. Dated 19th Century
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medicine treatment physician giving a patient a potion woodcut by Hans Weiditz German issue of Marcus Tullius Cicero ""De officiis"" Augsburg 1531 private collection,
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Blood letting. Physician bleeding a patient from the arm. Woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a 12th or 13th century poem based on the Salernian Rule of Health and published 1596. 'To bleed doth cheer the pensive, and remove/The raging
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Woman next to bed with sick child.
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A surgeon dressing the wound of a grimacing patient. Line engraving by L. Marin () after A. Brouwer.
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The Sick Woman, Jan Havicksz. Steen, c. 1663 - c. 1666
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Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man, So I do, master, as fast as I can; Pat it, and prick it........
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A surgeon treating a man's foot. Mezzotint after a composition ascribed to Johannes Lingelbach.
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Torture, burning and decomposition of severed body parts, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Miniature from a French chronicle depicting doctors administrating medicine to an ailing king. Dated 14th Century
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Wet Pack: Patient wrapped in cold, wet sheet for up to 60 minutes, patient then took a cold plunge. Used for many conditions from constipation to rheumatism. From Practical Hydropathy, London, 1863.
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EDWARD JENNER (1749-1823) VACCINATING AGAINST THE SMALLPOX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Poor Henry consults a doctor in Salerno about his leprosy: they sit opposite each other in the doctor's study while the doctor explains his remedy. Aquatint by F. Hegi, 1810.
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A physician in traditional costume holding an ointment jar is supervising an apprentice who is mixing a concoction in a pot over a fire, Germany 1500. Heliotype.
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medicine treatment fire cupping woodcut coloured from ""Eyn nyge Kalender recht hollende"" Luebeck Germany 1519 private collection,
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Ambroise Pare, french military surgeon, operating on patient, chromolithograph, circa 1900
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A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
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Ambroise Pare (1509-1590) French military surgeon, operating on a patient. Chromolithograph c1900.
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A doctor taking the pulse of a grave looking patient, his servant holds a bottle and bowl. Reproduction of a wood engraving.
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A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Havickz. Steen.
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Ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital. This was under the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board and was built to meet the needs of the epidemic of the winter of 1870-1871. This shows a 'Nightingale' ward with windows opening top and bottom. With identical windows on the opposite side, ventillation could be adjusted. From 'The Illustrated London News', 1871. Wood engraving .
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UK, England, London, Euston, The Wellcome Collection Museum, Painting of William Cheselden Giving an Anatomical Demonstration at Anatomy Theatre of Barber-Surgeons Company, Oil on Canvas, British 1730-1740
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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp. Copy by a disciple of Rembrandt. 17th century.
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appendicitis operation of Mahatma Gandhi Painting, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Asia, January 1924 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -
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A HOSPITAL. Illumination from a 13th century translation of a treatise by Avicenna. Location: LAURENZIANISCHE BIBLIOTHEK. Florenz. ITALIA.
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Jan Havickszoon Steen (1626-1679). Dutch painter. Doctor's Visit, c.1660. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
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French doctor Guyon and colleagues, after a successful lithotrity (stone) operation Date: 1890
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An engraving depicting a sick girl. Dated 19th century
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Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. The Latin botanical name means the 'sleep-bringing poppy', referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates.
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The pharmacist or drugstore, 1752, by Pietro Longhi (1701-1785), oil on canvas, 60x48 cm.
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1890s THE AGNEW CLINIC PAINTING BY THOMAS EAKINS CLASS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OBSERVING SURGERY BY SENIOR PHYSICIAN
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Luis Jiménez Aranda / 'A Hospital Ward during the Chief Physician's Round'. 1889. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie, 1776-1810, Queen of Prussia, Königin Luise von Preussen as a mother at the cradle, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe
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The Duke of Orleans Visiting the Sick at L'Hotel-Dieu During the Cholera Epidemic in 1832', c1830 Artist: Alfred Johannot. Alfred Johannot(1800-1837) was a French painter and engraver born in Offenbach, Germany.
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The Foot Operation. The foot operation. In an interior a surgery looks at the foot of an old man. On the right are on the floor a metal can and shaving board. Left let a man cut a boulder out of his head, next to him is a woman. Left in the foreground A book on which a skull is located. In the background a cupboard with a saints image.
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Death of 'Stonewall' Jackson print ca. 1872.
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The patriotic dentist. (IT)
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A woman suffering from extreme emaciation (anorexia nervosa)
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In a Military Hospital by Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904) / Regional W. Wereshchagin Art Museum, Mykolaiv / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1901 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 105x88
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Death bed of Abraham Lincoln died April 15th 1865. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 , Death and burial
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A male patient on a table being held in the lithotomy position by two assistants. Woodcut, 1628.
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The London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington: two nurses and a patient ? in front of a guarded fire. Watercolour painting by Nurse Flower, 1891.
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Medicine, a doctor examining urine, 1870, Holland, painting by Adriaen van Ostade, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from 19th century original.
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Intensive Care, Medical - History
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The Sick Child, or Sick Girl by Gabriel Metsu, Oil on Canvas: c1660; Dutch School; 17th Century.
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First aid, broken leg is tied off by two helpers, school picture, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, historical
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CARLOS JIMENEZ DIAZ. MEDICO ESPAÑOL.MADRID 1898 - 1967. UNA CLASE EN LA ESCUELA DE MEDICINA. OLEO ANONIMO.
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William Henry Harrison on his deathbed a month after his inauguration, April 4, 1841. The conjectural scheme depicts Cabinet members, Thomas Ewing, Daniel Webster, and Francis Granger (BSLOC_2019_7_16)
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First Attempt to Treat Cancer with X-Rays by Doctor Chicotot (Premiers Essais du Traitement du Cancer par Rayons X par le Docteur Chicotot) 1908 Georges Chicotot (19th.C/French) Painting French Musee de l'Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris
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World War I: an operating theatre in a hospital ship. Oil painting by Godfrey Jervis Gordon ("Jan Gordon").
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Medicine, at the doctor or bather, operation on the patient's foot, around 1636, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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The Cardiologist Vaquez and His Assistant Doctor Parvu at the Pitie Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940 French)
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Female nurse standing, emracing couple in the background, illustration
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Surgery in a military hospital during the First World War, England, 20th century.
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Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of often little quantities of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. Bloodletting was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluid were considered to be 'humors' the proper balance of which maintained health. It was the most common medical practice performed by doctors from antiquity up to the late 19th century, a time span of almost 2,000 years.
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Medical missionary in China treating a patient.Card published c1930.
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Edward Jenner injecting the first smallpox vaccine into the boy James Phipps in 1796, 1965. Author: ROBERT A. THOM.
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The London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington: a nurse and two female patients ? one drying her hair in front of a fire. Watercolour painting by Nurse Flower, 1891.
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An enema administered to a naked man. Photograph, 1890/1920, of a Persian drawing.
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The Surgeon Evgueni Vasilievich Pavlov in the Operating Theater - Ilya Repin, 1888
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Infographic about the practice of medicine from the Greek Hippocrates, who used a revolutionary method between the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 5000x3214.