Historical Medical Illustrations

19th-century drawings depicting women in various medical scenarios, showcasing healthcare practices and family dynamics.

Husbandless mothers and fatherless children in the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City, circa 1892

Die überflutete Zeche in Troedyrhiw, im Krankenhaus Treffen von George Jenkins und seiner Familie, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvor...

A woman handing a note to her physician after giving birth, the midwife is seated near her. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.

An engraving depicting a woman recuperating after being sick. Dated 19th century

Husbandless mothers and fatherless children in the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City, circa 1892

Couple scared from a lightning bolt. In a bedroom a few of a lightning bolt, at night.

Paris. - Devices in the maternity hospital, to maintain life for children born before term.

A doctor recommending a specific diet to his obese patient's servant. Wood engraving by G. Browne, 1899.

THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT, THE CITADEL HOSPITAL, CAIRO

John James Chalon, 1778-1854, French, active in Britain, Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer, undated. Graphite and brown wash on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper.

The death of Hannah Greener from inhaling too much chloroform as an anaesthetic, 1848, England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ...

Contraband has the hospital. / 26. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

The Bottle, scene 5 The death of the youngest child - the money that should have bought medicine has paid for The Bottle. Date: 1847

Dr. Wall treating a patient suffering from a hangover. Tom Echo laid up with the Headington Fever or an Oxonian very near the wall. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

The doctor visit, vintage engraving. The doctor visit, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660419

Amos Barton at his wife's deathbed. Illustration by Robert Barnes for George Eliot 'Scenes of Clerical Life', London, 1883 (first published 1857).

Flogging applied to a defendant in the presence of the governor and the prison doctor, Tokyo. Japan, Asia. Journey to Japan by Aime Humbert 1863-1864 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

An engraving depicting a doctor visiting his young patient at home. Illustrated by Mary Ellen Edwards (1838-1934) an English artist and prolific illustrator of children's books. Dated 19th century

Misunderstanding between a doctor and his working-class patient, who has swallowed the leeches he prescribed. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1877.

A physician discovers that the patient to whom he has administered hydrotherapy has developed 'water on the brain'. Lithograph by Brandl, c. 1850.

Blood transfusion, from an animal to a man Date: 1679

Queen Alexandra visiting the sick in the Patrick ward, Dublin Hospital for the Dying, Ireland. Pen and ink drawing by A. Kemp Tebby, 1903, after H. Mills.

The queen visiting the wards of the London Hospital, late 19th century, (1900).Artist: G Durand

King William I visits the wounded in the military hospital of the Palace of Versailles, France, Franco-German War 1870/71 / König Wilhelm I. besucht die Verwundeten im Lazarett des Schlosses von Versailles, Frankreich, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Antoine Fran�ois derues case, the poisoner (TF)

Engraving depicting a mother sitting by her son's bedside after he has had his legs amputated. Illustrated by Robert Barnes (1840-1895) a British illustrator. Dated 19th century

'Barber alarming a client by suggesting that Cholera is in the Hair. Cartoon from ''Punch'', London, c1849.'

Dr. Paul Bert's method of using compressed nitrous oxide Date: 1885

Abolitionist Doctor John Doy and his Son Charles Doy in in St. Joseph Jail, Missouri. Unites States of America, drawing by Janet Lange (1815-1872)Adventures of a Kansas Abolitionist in Missouri, 1855. Story by Doctor John Doy (1812-1869) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Consulting the phrenologist - the parents wait while the practitioner assesses their son's qualities. 1896

Fariboles 2 Board 198 (registered title)

A fashionable young woman fainting into the arms of a young man at the bedside of an invalid. Engraving.

Village dentist, the village blacksmith as a doctor with a suffering patient who is being held by two people, 1880, Moravia, Historic, digitally resto...

King Wilhelm I in the palace hospital at Versailles, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

A revolutionary complains of bowel problems to a doctor; a clyster seat waits nearby. Lithograph by C.J. Traviès, c. 1833.

Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE perches on a chair beside a patient in the Crimea Date: 1820 - 1910

The Doctor's Pill, John Collet, ca. 1725-1780, British, undated, Graphite, watercolor, pen and black ink, gray wash on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper, Sheet: 17 × 13 7/8 inches (43.2 × 35.2 cm)

Doctor by the patient's bed; Huyot, Jules Jean Marie (1841-1921), Bayard, Emile (1837-1891); 1889-1900 (1889-00-00-1900-00-00);

Miss Nightingale and the nurses in the East. Florence Nightingale 1820-1910. Pioneer of modern nursing and statistician. Engraved by J C Armytage

A physician talking to his patient's wife on his way out after visiting him. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.

Two women trying to seat a hysterical hypochondriac while a cat arches its back. Coloured lithograph after J.H. Fragonard.

A sick old woman seated between two doctors each prescribing different medication; representing Wellington's and Russell's opposing political views. Coloured etching, 1831.

Cartoon commenting on the widespread use of opiates - a sick baby is left alone crying in her crib, whilst her parents are away using opiates. Dated 19th century

España. Madrid. Vicalvarada. Hospital de sangre para atender a los heridos revolucionarios. Grabado de 1854.

A doctor trying to reassure a patient by informing him that he himself had recovered from the same illness, the dismayed patient points out that he had a different doctor. Wood engraving by G.L. Stamper, 1899.

Dental surgeon (second left) with instruments in hand, waiting for laughing gas (nitrous oxide) to take effect before treating a patient. School of Dentistry, Institut Odontecnique de France. From La Nature, Paris, 1885.

Experiments using Robert Koch's lymph method

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Tubercular patient being given direct blood transfusion from a goat at Dr Bernheim's clinic. Engraving, Paris, 1891.

The systems of magnetic brushes. / 21. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Rivoulon.

Rachel Verrinder, in front of Godfrey Abelwhite and Miss Clack, making her false confession to her mother that she has pledged the Moonstone to pay private debts. Illustration by Arthur Fraser (active 1865-1898) for 'The Moonstone' by Wilkie Collins (London, 1890). First published in 1868 and said by TS Eliot to be the 'the first and greatest of English detective novels'.

Charlotte Corday d'Armans in prison writing a letter to his father, July 16, 1793. French Revolution. (TF)

Louis XVI dictating his defense to his lawyer Malesherbes. (Title Title)

Joshua Cristall, 1768-1847, British, Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer, between 1820 and 1822. Brown wash and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

The Drunkard's Children, scene 7 Weakened by dissipation, the son dies in the hulks while awaiting transportation. Date: circa 1850

King's deathbed, Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1842 - 1887 print The dying person is in bed and has a cross in his hands. It is possible King Charles II of England or King Charles II of Spain. Next to him is a praying priest. The Hague paper deathbed. one person praying. cross as symbol of Christ

The Anatomist

The Progenitor Herbert of Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schoenhausen, 1 April 1815 to 30 July 1898, German politician and statesman, is presented, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy, Europe

In Scutari, Florence Nightingale attends a patient during the night round. Date: 1855

The Prince of Wales visiting persons at St. Bartholomew's Hospital wounded by the Clerkenwell Explosion, 1868. The future King Edward VII visits survivors '...who were injured by the blowing up of the wall at Clerkenwell...His Royal Highness arrived about noon, accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland and several other gentlemen, in two private carriages. They were met by the secretary and treasurer, and some of the surgeons, of the hospital, and conducted to the beds where those patients lay. The Prince expressed his sympathy for them, and they seemed much pleased by his kind attention'. On 13 D

An exhausted nurse who has been looking after her patient for many hours asks when she may go to bed, the patient's mother retorts that she thought she was a trained nurse. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill.

An emaciated old man being treated by four doctors, 1852, a steam bath billows in the background. The two men on the far right hold a glass eye and a pair of false teeth, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period, Europe

Florence Nightingale in the hospital at Scutari, c1860. Artist: Anon.

A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.

Saint-Lazare Prison: Girls Cloakroom

Medicine, Taking medicine, Taking pills under the supervision of the family, Taking pills under the supervision of the family, Historic, digitally res...

Cartoon depicting a mother watching her sick child sleeping as the nursey maid stands by. The bed has movable sides. Illustrated by George du Maurier.

A dentist examining a patients teeth and informing him they are all in exceedingly bad condition. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1882.

Visitors inspecting Nelson relics at the Hospital, which will close in 1869 and be converted into a Naval College. Date: 1865

National Insurance Act of 1911, one of the social reforms introduced by the Liberal party. In the background observing Doctor Bill and his patient, a General Practicioner afraid the Act will ruin him, is Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Asquiths administration. Bernard Partridge cartoon from Punch, London, 14 June 1911.

Advantage of "famine prices". Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 359 (1863 November 14), p. 736. Nurses, 1860-1870, Sick children, 1860-1870, Quinine, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Economic & industrial aspects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects.

A hospitalized wounded soldier gestures as he speaks to his bedside visitors. The US Civil war era watercolor painting by James Fuller Queen was reproduced on a sheet music cover, 'A Message from the Battlefield', composed by Mark Hassle. The artist included a bottle of 'Buchu', an African 'miracle herb', popularly known as 'buchu tea' in the 1860s and 1870s (BSLOC_2019_2_53)

Rabies vaccination by Professor Pasteur in Paris, France historical illustration, circa 1886

Homeless people in the dormitory of the homeless shelter, Berlin, Germany, 1892 / Obdachlose im Schlafsaal des Obdachlosenasyl, Berlin, Deutschland, 1892, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 - 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, statistician, founder of modern western nursing, English nurse tending a sick soldier in the Crimea. From Punch, London, 1854, Crimean War 1853-1856, Wood engraving, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Ladies giving a special Strawberry tea to the female ward in a workhouse.

An engraving depicting a grandmother inspecting her granddaughter's throat to access her general state of health. Dated 19th century

An elderly dentist examining a female patient's mouth. Watercolour by M. Anderson.

Miss Nightingale and the Dying Soldier by Aritist Unknown,

Der Kurarzt empfängt seine Patienten in Thüringen, Deutschland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhu...

The convalescent child, The convalescent child, Mother with sick child in the living room, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century...

'Female Dentistry', 1879. Artist: George du Maurier

Aquatint and etching by Abel Schlicht showing farmers engaged in dealing while a doctor examines a foot, produced between 1774 and 1826, illustrating 18th-19th century rural medical practices.

Larrey causes, by galvanism, muscle contractions in a recently amputated leg

An engraving depicting a barber brushing a client's hair. Dated 19th century

A surgeon performing an operation for cataract. Engraving by Queiroz, 1793, after Silva.

the soup... Date: Pub. between 1887 & 1910

A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.

Naughty alarm clock. / No. 24 bis. (Registered title (letter)) | Compensation (title of all)

Torture in a Sicilian prison in Monreale: the prisoner has a tourniquet applied to his forehead. Wood engraving.

Medicine, taking medication, taking pills under family supervision/Medicine, taking medication, taking pills under the supervision of the family, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

Scenes of nurses at St Saviour's Hospital, Regent's Park, London. Wood engraving, 1886.

Vaccination, historic image, 1883

The oculist. / 18. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

Männer, die darauf warten, den Arzt zu sehen, im Seemannskrankenhaus und Apotheke, Well Street, London, England, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion ein...

Boer War: the High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, visiting a hospital ward where two men lie injured. Pen drawing by Sahr, c.1901, after H. Collison-Morley.

Professor Bergmann 19th century injecting a tubercular patient, 1891. Bergmann assisted Robert Koch (1843-1910) in investigations on treatment of Tuberculosis. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought was a cure for TB. Its curative powers were a disappointment and its value as a diagnost

MILITARY HOSPITAL AT ABASSIEH, EGYPT, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ENGLISH SISTERS

Transplanting of Teeth 1787 Thomas Rowlandson Dentists extract teeth from poor people and insert them into the jaws of well-to-do patients. At center, a young chimney-sweep is about to have a tooth pulled, and a lady next to him has just endured an extraction and is about to receive a transplantation. At right a good-looking young lady clenches her fists as a spectacled dentist places his instrument in her mouth. Behind the group a man in uniform inspects his mouth with a mirror and at left, a ragged boy and girl leave the room in pain, with the girl holding a coin.. Transplanting of Teeth. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1787. Hand-colored etching and aquatint; early state. John Harris (British, ca. 1740-1812). Prints

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