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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
Husbandless mothers and fatherless children in the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City, circa 1892
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The hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world. The building has been moved around many sites, but was founded in a priory on the outskirts of the city by the sisters of the Star of Bethlehem. It moved then to Bishopsgate Street, where Liverpool Street Station now stands. Then onto Moorfields and finally to the Lambeth site where the Imperial War Museum is now housed. Date: 1860
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First Attempt To Treat Cancer By Dr. Chicotot 1908 Chicotot, Georges(19th C.- French)
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Packs, compresses, Practical Home Treasure of Healing, II. volume, 1930, Heinrich Killinger, Nordhausen
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Chinese Barbers, circa 1880
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The wonderful healing of Jeske Klaes, 1676; The Divine Miracle. Happened in Amsterdam, Between the 13 and 16 octob. Anno 1676. Unto Jeske Claes (...). The wonderful healing of Jeske Klaes, takes place between 13-16 October 1676 in Amsterdam. The woman sits up in her bedside and owes the angel, in the vom of a boy of about 10 years old, for the healing of her paralyzed legs. In the plate 3 verses of 4 lines, below the magazine a description of the miracle in 2 columns in English.
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The perils of drink include dropsy, madness, shame, gout, apoplexy and poverty, leading to death, according to this temperance cartoon. Date: 1835
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19th century drawing showing doctor, physician massaging genitalia of female patient suffering from hysteria
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A beautiful young woman looks away coyly while an aged doctor examines her chest. Chromolithograph after A. Faivre.
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patients bathroom in the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue, Philadelphia
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Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic). Date/Period: 1875. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 2,440.18 mm (96.07 in); Width: 1,982.72 mm (78.05 in). Author: Thomas Eakins.
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Nicholas I, 1796, 1855, Emperor of Russia, here on the deathbed, woodcut, Russia, Europe
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Florence Nightingale, Anonymous
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Ayer's Cathartic Pills. (The country doctor.). Ayer's Cathartic Pills. (The country doctor.)
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The Art of Medicine: 18th century doctor paying a visit to a patient. He has arrived in a Sedan chair and is carrying bottles of medicine in his pocket and a syringe is tucked under his arm. Liebig Trade Card c1910. Physician
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The sick doll , Dolls, Children
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Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865 - 1925) Swiss painter , 1892 the patient
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Sydenham, Medical - History
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Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia 1862. This hospital operated during the American civil war. view of the laundry
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Ancient Egypt, Medical - History
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National Surgical Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania