Historical Medical Illustrations

Prints depicting early medical practices and surgeries, illustrating the evolution of treatment techniques with a focus on physicians and patients.

The death of Hannah Greener from inhaling too much chloroform as an anaesthetic, 1848, England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Young man is treated by a doctor, Anton Tischler (print maker), After Gerard Dou, 1731 - 1780 print Vienna paper etching / engraving physician, doctor. armorial bearing, heraldry

Two men, possibly students, undressing a drunken doctor they have carried home, verse below. Lithograph.

Ademerlating, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804 print In a doctor's relief, a doctor performs a loss with a young woman. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving bleeding, blood-letting, e.g.: with the aid of cupping-glasses. physician, doctor

Shoulder operation, Jan van der Bruggen, after David Teniers (II), 1659 - 1740 print In a departure, a man is operated on his shoulder by another man. A woman watches. A print or drawing of a man hangs on the wall. paper physician, doctor. operation, surgery

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

The death of Hannah Greener from inhaling too much chloroform as an anaesthetic, 1848, England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Sick mother. Bonus of the Society of Estate Filiats in the Kingdom of Poland for 1890; Jasi Ski, Feliks Stanis Aw (1862-1901), Jasi Ski, Zdzis AW (1863-1932), Clément, Albert (Paris 1890 (1890-00-00-1890-00-00);

A cured patient thanking a nurse for all her kindness. Wood engraving by V & C after G. Du Maurier.

A ward in a military hospital showing two convalescents and two bed-ridden patients. Wood engraving after Cham, 1870.

A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.

Family of a wounded Federate met with the ambulances of the press during the Paris Commune, 1871

Two people come into an pharmacy to ask for advice, the apothecary sits resting his gouty leg. Etching by M. Loder after himself.

The approval of a consulting with doctors. / 11. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

Deathbed of Willem II, 1650, 1853 - 1861 print Death of Prince William II, died on November 6, 1650. The prince on his deathbed, surrounded by family and friends. Netherlands paper deathbed

A doctor unexpectedly visiting a patient. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

Some elderly patients wistfully reminisce about their younger days. Coloured lithograph by A. de Valmont.

Monkeys dressed as apothecaries caring for sick animals in a surgery. Engraving by C. Bol after D. Teniers.

Engraving depicting a doctor examining a baby with measles. An attack by the measles virus makes a patient vulnerable to secondary infections, and death from complications such as pneumonia made measles a dangerous childhood illness. In modern times the use of antibiotics although ineffective against the initial viral infection, reduces the dangers from the Secondary infections. Illustrated Mary Ellen Edwards (1838-1934) an England artist and prolific illustrator of children's books. Dated 19th century

Doctor house calls a sick woman, Albertus Brondgeest, Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1796 - 1849.

William S.L. Jewett, Scene in the Hospital for Incurables on Blackwell's Island, 1868, wood engraving on paper.

A doctor visiting a patient who insists on self medication; representing Lord Rosebery's chairmanship of a committee advocating reform in the House of Lords. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1907.

Scene on an English emigrant ship, here the sickroom, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Engraving depicts sisters nursing the wounded. Dated 1870

The charity sister, helping in 1814 in Oulchy-le-Chteau in 1814 an injured officer. (Title of use)

A patient has his leg amputated. After an illustration by Hans von Gersdorff dating from the mid 16th century. Later colorization. Von Gersdorf, aka Schyl-Hans, was himself an accomplished surgeon

. The Prince of Orange, the later Willem II King of the Netherlands, is dealt with by a doctor in a field hospital after he was injured during the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18, 1815.

Dr. John-Bull abandoning his patient. (Registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)

An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving.

The doctor visit, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Doctors disputing, the patient is ignored. Etching by D.N. Chodowiecki, 1781.

Cartoon depicting a well equipped barbers. Dated 19th century

A cartoon depicting a pharmacist making up a prescription. Dated 19th century

Take care of the sick; The works of mercy. A sick man is in bed. A woman and her son praying on his bed. A man who is next to the bed takes care of the sick with food and drinks. Under the show a Dutch verse about the works of mercy.

HOSPITAL SUNDAY: RE-OPENING OF THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, CHELSEA, BY H.R.H. THE PRINCESS LOUISE, UK, 1876

Princess of Orange visits the soldier hospital in the Hague. .

How, Franoise, you will still give our broth to your soldier .... / [... We see his poor ribs, as long as he is skinny! .... (title registered) | News. ( Title of the whole)

Illustration depicting a maid comforting a child whose mother has just died. Dated 19th Century

Bloodletting, after the 17th century work by Abraham Bosse. Bloodletting or blood-letting the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. From Modes and Manners, publi

A barber cutting a customer while shaving him; the customer retaliates by biting the barber's finger. Coloured aquatint by G. & C. Hunt after M. Egerton.

A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.

A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Etching after H.W. Bunbury.

Murderer William Kemmler, at Auburn Prison, New York, gives Harold Brown's ELECTRIC CHAIR its first live test : it takes him 8 minutes to die - 'an awful spectacle' (N.Y.Times) Date: 6 August 1890

Surgeon and his assistants, before the introduction of anaesthetics, prepared to perform an amputation at the shoulder. Surgeon stands, left, next the assistant surgeon (behind patient). An assistant on the ground supports the arm to be removed, and the two figures standing on the right support the patient. Bell's comment on this operation was 'It requires decision and rapidity; and the knife is to be handled more like a sabre, than a Surgeon's scapel'. Engraving from 'Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery' by Charles Bell (London, 1821).

Two crying women at the deathbed, Paul Gavarni, 1843 print Paris paper. deathbed. weeping

Five kinds of treatment in hospitals and elsewhere. Wood engraving, 1881.

Charitable lady visiting a poor family and helping to care for one of its members who is dying. Illustration by Samuel (Luke) Fildes (1843-1927) for The Quiver, London, 1868. Patchwork quilt on bed.

Vaccination following Smallpox epidemic in Montreal, 1880s. vaccination in a Grand Trunk Railway train car. A doctor leans over and pricks the arm of a seated woman 1885

Dentist. In an interior, a man looks into the mouth of a sitting man, whose bag at that time is opened by a third figure. In addition to the trio a basket and a stick.

Oh! How I have suffered all night: first toothache and then with neuralgia. I am almost crazy from pain. Why, my boy, here is your remedy! You should never be without it. Davis' Pain Killer will always quiet such attacks.. Oh! How I have suffered all night: first toothache and then with neuralgia. I am almost crazy from pain. Why, my boy, here is your remedy! You should never be without it. Davis' Pain Killer will always quiet such attacks.

George Washington on his deathbed, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA, 1799 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Scene in a ward - convalescents waiting on the sick Date: 1873

An animal hospital / 20. (registered title) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

A sick man is seated in an armchair and a doctor is writing his prescription; two monks in the background. Engraving after E. van Heemskerck, 17--.

Arts and sick woman, with possibly a clerk, Matthijs Balen (1684-1766), 1694 - 1766 drawing paper pen / brush examination, diagnosis; physician speaking with patient

The village surgeon; Various genre scenes. A surgery makes an incision in the head of a man who sits in front of him. Bystanders watch.

Killed man got inside a room. A death committed man is in the doorway of a dedist. The people in the room may be family members, scare his presence.

Direct person-to-person blood transfusion. After engraving from George Abraham Mercklino 'Tractatio med. Curiosa de murto et occasu transfusionis sanguinis', Nuremberg, 1679.

Anaesthetist administering chloroform using apparatus devised by Dr Raphael Dubois to meet the requirements of the great French physiologist Paul Bert (1833-1886). From 'La Nature', Paris, 1885.

A doctor waiting for his patient to vomit after administering an emetic. Coloured aquatint by G.M. Woodward, 1800.

The campaign doctor. / 13. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

Le crime de 'Avenue des Ternes': a butcher slits the throat of his female employer in the shop, Paris Date: 1892

Obstetrician according to the image of Gustav Igler. A clip from a German magazine. Knesing, Theodor (1840 1927), Igler, Gustav (1842 1938)

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.

Animal vacination, taking lymph from a calf, historic image, 1883

At the deathbed of Wilhelm II or William II was Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia, 27 January 1859, 4 June 1941, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century document, Europe

Man sticks sleeper with knife in the throat.

A quack doctor treating her patient's chilblains. Engraving after H.B. Bunbury.

A surgeon bandaging an elderly man's knee in a street surrounded by a group of onlookers. Colour process print after R. Caldecott.

Sick man lies lonely in bed while walking past two men.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

The Dutch minister Bergansius and Hendrik Pieter Tindal visit an influenza hospital populated with representations of the countries of Europe; Bergansius points to the Dutch representative, attempting to persuade the apocalyptic Tindal that all is indeed well. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1889.

Florence Nightingale.

Cartoon depicting a local health inspector having difficulty finding evidence of vaccination. Dated 19th century

A doctor visiting a patient and advising him against drinking alcohol, the patient responds by inviting him to dinner and some port, in order to avoid jury service. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1865.

A cartoon depicting a dentist performing an exam on a patient. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Surgeon, Marinus Robyn van der Goes, After Adriaen Brouwer, 1609 - 1639 print In an interior, a surgeon operates the arm of a young man on a chair. On the table there is a jam with bottles. Antwerp paper engraving operation, surgery

Sick child visited at home by the Doctor who asks to see the boy's tongue and takes the pulse at the wrist. Mother and a younger sibling look on . Illustration by Oscar Pletsch (1830-1888) German illustrator, particularly of children's books. (1871). Chromolithograph.

A Visit to the Child at Nurse.

A man being restrained in a chair while a doctor and nurse prepare to give him some medicine; referring to English politicians' feelings towards Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1833.

Princess of Orange visits the soldiers' hospital in The Hague, visiting the sick in hospital, Jacob Joseph Eeckhout, 1803 - 1861, paper, pencil, brush, h 327 mm × w 455 mm

A convalescing soldier being reprimanded by his nurse for not taking his medicine. Coloured lithograph by J.S. after

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.

A REMINISCENCE OF THE LATE MR. FORSTER'S IRISH CHIEF SECRETARYSHIP: VISITING A VICTIM OF "CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT" AT TULLA, COUNTY CLARE, 1882

Patients bitten by rabid dogs being inoculated against hydrophobia at the laboratory of the Ecole Normale, Paris, 1886, Louis Pasteur is on right of group on left holding sheets of paper. Painting by Emile Bayard (1837-1891).

Barber surgeons. Pulled teeh. 16th century.

Let's see. . open your mouth!, 1864, Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879, 11 3/4 x 10 7/16 in. (29.85 x 26.51 cm) (sheet), Lithograph, France, 19th century, Daumier grouped visits to the dentist under the category of life's more difficult moments. Here the patient grips the chair and clenches his teeth as the dentist tries to gain access to his mouth.

The spa doctor receives his patients in Thuringia, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Torture in a Sicilian prison in Monreale, a pressure bandage is applied to the prisoner's forehead, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

medicine sick persons ""Von dem Zipperlein oder dem Podagra"" woodcut coloured from Francesco Petrarch ""Trostspiegel"" (Comfort mirror) by the ""Petrarch Master"" Augsburg Germany 1532,

Off to the Moors, UK 1873, 2 A.M. IN THE SCOTCH EXPRESS

At the Dentist's, Doctor Looks into a Man's Mouth, a Peasant Woman Looks on Sceptically, Medieval Doctor's Office, 1741, Holland, Painting by Abraham Delfos, Historic, Digitally Restored Reproduction from a 19th century Original

Medieval dentist, 16th cent. Woodcut, GERMANY.

A barber surgeon treats a patient in the open air. Date: 1568

Chap. VIII: Comment Docteur! (What, Doctor) 1824 Victor Adam. Chap. VIII: Comment Docteur! (What, Doctor) 698502

Wife, - "Sleepless night on an uncomfortable bed, makes life a burden" Husband,-"I know it, I will spend a hundred dollars & a week's time to find a comfortable mattress.". Wife, - "Sleepless night on an uncomfortable bed, makes life a burden" Husband,-"I know it, I will spend a hundred dollars & a week's time to find a comfortable mattress."

Direct transfusion of blood from one patient to another, performed by Dr. Roussel in Geneva Date: 1882

A physician taking the pulse of a sick woman, who is surrounded by members of her family. Lithograph.

Mother and daughter at the sickbed of a child, Diederik Franciscus Jamin, 1862 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil brush / pen visiting the sick; sick person together with others

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