Historical Medical Illustrations

Vintage illustrations depicting physiognomy and early medical practices, conveying a humorous yet historic take on medical diagnoses and societal perceptions.

A hypochondriac sits at his desk surrounded by potions and advertisements for various cures Date: 1883

In a medical student. / 7 (title registered (letter)) | The Latin country. (Title of all)

Be calm, dear wife, baby will be relieved as soon as I can give her the Lung Basalm. It always relieves the worst attacks of croup. I think every home should have at hand Allen's Lung Balsam and Davis' Pain Killer. , Adults, Infants, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

A physiognomist whose body is entirely made up of faces, sitting at a table diagnosing people's physiognomic characteristics with the help of a book. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after G. Spratt, 1831.

A doctor visiting a patient whose wife queries the dose. Wood engraving by D. Wilson, 1903.

A physician rushes into an operating theatre, exclaiming that there has been an error in diagnosis; unfortunately, the patient is already lying there, opened up. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

A butcher's boy describes his ailment to a doctor in terms of cuts of meat. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by Crété after B.A. Rabier, 1903.

Series Genrebilder XV, Paris, 1878, Military hospital, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Our taxes by H. Demare / No. 18 / Me! I do not care if we increase tobacco I do not smoke anymore ... I put to know!

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

A hypochondriac sits at his desk surrounded by potions and advertisements for various cures Date: 1883

Captain Ducie approaches the dead body of M. Platzoff. Process print after R. Taylor after M. L. Gow.

A cartoon depicting a young girl suffering from a toothache. Dated 19th century

The emergency law concerning the States election in Overijssel, Johan Braakensiek, 1904 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. visiting the new mother, lying-in visit. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. (+ nation; national). nursing, suckling Overijssel

Medical dispatch : Or Doctor Doubledose killing two birds with one stone , Physicians, Couples, Sick persons. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

A patient having his teeth drawn by a dentist. Etching.

The Bible and temperance. A mechanic's friend gains a sum of money and persuades him to come out with him. Meanwhile the mechanic's family try to persuade him to stay home with them instead - temptation versus virtue.

Old lady visiting the chemist, 1887.

Childhood and youth. (dummy title) | How do medicine in Paris (IFF 2) are studied (set of all)

Cold Water Cure. Comic Series. English Groups; British; 1870s; Albumen silver print

Good women's remedies. / 6. (Registered title) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

Carter's Little Nerve Pills for the nervous and dyspeptic. Mamma says "stop that noise it makes her nervous.". Carter's Little Nerve Pills for the nervous and dyspeptic. Mamma says "stop that noise it makes her nervous."

Tabitha Grunt a hypochondriac who appears to suffer from many illnesses, consulting a bemused looking doctor. Coloured reproduction of an etching after G. Cruikshank, 1813.

The Red Cross Base Burner. The Red Cross Base Burner

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

David's Prize Soap is certainly the best article out there and when you get a valuable prize to boot who wouldn't have it.. David's Prize Soap is certainly the best article out there and when you get a valuable prize to boot who wouldn't have it.

Sick headache, liver complaints, dyspepsia and nervousness positively cured by Hop Pills. We mean all we say, try one bottle.. Sick headache, liver complaints, dyspepsia and nervousness positively cured by Hop Pills. We mean all we say, try one bottle.

Patient having a tooth painlessly extracted under the influence of hypnotism. From William Davey The Illustrated Practical Mesmerist, London, 1889.

She visits the London Hospital Date: 1876

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 (1871)

Proposal of the stopwatch for the use of legal medicine. (Registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)

NEW YORK NURSEMAIDS, 1870

Woman ironing at table / des. by Queen, Dec. 11/57. | Library of Congress

A cartoon prompted by the thought of female doctors. Dated 19th century

Self sprinkling with cold water, Der praktische Hausarzt, Ein Weg zur Gesundheit, 1901, Breslau

Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 - 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, statistician, founder of modern western nursing, English nurse and one of her ministering angels in the Crimea, as seen by Punch, London, 1854. Crimean War 1853-1856. wood engraving, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Cartoon depicting a woman using an anti-snoring device. Dated 19th century

15th century physician bleeding a patient. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

A golf-obssessed dentist examining a patient's mouth and using golfing terminology to describe his problems. Reproduction of drawing after F. Buchanan.

A nurse attempts to wake up one of her patients who has just died. Wood engraving by G. King, 1906.

In L'Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine; Coloured illustration; Two separate cartoons depicting the self importance of Pharmacists; one not understanding the man's request as he rolls in on a. Trolley as he has no legs. The other as he sits on a 1st class carriage saying he is worth it.

A doctor trying to sell youthfulness potions to an elderly lawyer. Lithograph.

Buy the Conqueror Wringer. Ironing day.. Buy the Conqueror Wringer. Ironing day.

THE FAMINE IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY

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

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

Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for coughs and all lung diseases , Girls, Dolls, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Hippophagia / Seeking a new improvement in horse breed. / 3

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

"Old Processee Starchee no goodee" "It smellee rots & makee shirts yellee", "I will never use any other but the New Process Starch". "Old Processee Starchee no goodee" "It smellee rots & makee shirts yellee", "I will never use any other but the New Process Starch"

Rabies (hydrophobia) vaccination administered to teenage Jean-Baptiste Jupille at the Pasteur laboratory, in October 1885. This was the second successful test of the rabies vaccine, the first taking place in July 1882 on a 9 year old boy, Joseph Meister.

Medicine, taking medication, using force/Medicine, taking medication, with the use of force, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

Engraving depicting a wealthy woman visiting her physician. Dated 19th century

The day of charitable consultations. / 16. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

(12 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Preparing for the packing. "Why my nearest and dearest friends wouldn't know me. I'm a perfect mummy" Date: 1857

Cartoon depicting a child terrified by a dentist's advertisement. Dated 19th century

A doctor checking on his convalescing patient. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1902.

Birth of American Trained Nurse: The Surgical Ward in Bellevue Hospital in New York by unknown artist

Martha Place, who murdered her step daughter, is the first woman to die in the electric chair, at Sing-Sing ; first try is unsuccessful, but the second kills her in 10 secs. Date: April 1899

A healthy country squire being administered to by two ruthless doctors. Coloured etching, 1802.

THE MEN'S DAY ROOM, FRENCH PROTESTANT HOSPITAL, VICTORIA PARK

An advert for Pear's soap. Dated 19th century

THE ONLY LADY PATIENT ON BOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP "RANGOON," ON THE IRRAWADDY, 1886

Dissected 'For heaven's sake, Lucy, give us a rest' , Spouses, Bedtime, Conversation

"A Painful Position for Nurse McKinley", Political Cartoon, Puck Magazine, Artwork by Frederick Burr Opper, Published by Keppler & Schwartzmann, September 2, 1896

In L'Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine; Coloured illustration; Pharmacist advising the doctor to make more profits from the medication. Then speaks of ordering all the poisons in alphabetical order.

Hip- or Sitz-Bath: Patient sat in cold water for 5 to 30 minutes. For debility of external muscles of the abdomen, caused by excessive use of tea and coffee. From The Hydropathic Encyclopaedia, New York, 1874.

An ill physician refusing to let his wife call another doctor. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

The invention of a new pectoral pctional. / 14. (registered title) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

An engraving depicting a female patient suffering from Syncope, the temporary loss of consciousness usually related to insufficient blood flow to the brain. It's also called fainting or "passing out." Dated 19th century

Elisha resuscitating a boy by artificial respiration

Billy, have you been in another fight No'm, just had the second round to-day , Domestic life, Children, Parents, Child discipline

Sister in a infirmary, Elly Verstijnen, c. 1900 - c. 1930 drawing Two children are in bed on a infirmary. A sister stands between the two beds and looks at a boy who comes running. A landscape with trees can be seen through the windows. paper. ink. pencil pen ward; room (in hospital). nurse ~ hospital

Turkish nurse in Constantinople by photography. On the American passenger steamer according to the sketch of Arthur Wanjura. Sharpening with Neue Illustrirte Zeitung 1888, no. 22, z. 1, p. 340 unknown, Wanjura, Arthur

In L'Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine; Coloured illustration Entitled: Funeral Oration. A Pharmacists asks if the patient could only die an hour later so he had paid up for his medication.

Saint-Lazare Prison: Parlor, Girls Registry

A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Coloured lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier ().

A doctor visiting patients in a field hospital ward in a tent. Lithograph.

A German physician recommending to a gouty English patient that he take the waters at various spa resorts in Germany and Bohemia. Wood engraving after R. Cleaver.

Tooth drawing, out at last , Dentistry

A hot vapour bath: Recommended for colds, influenza, bronchitis, rheumatic disorders, sciatica, and obesity. From The School of Health, Watford, 1910.

Hamstringing a Malefactor in China who tried to escape, circa 1800

Carter's Little Liver Pills - sick headache. Biliousness. Constipation. Bad complexion.. Carter's Little Liver Pills - sick headache. Biliousness. Constipation. Bad complexion.

Drs. Starkey & Palen's treatment by inhalation, its frauds, imitations, humbugs, and counterfeits.. Drs. Starkey & Palen's treatment by inhalation, its frauds, imitations, humbugs, and counterfeits.

Camp scenes - an army drug store - the hospital steward / from a sketch by our special artist, Joseph Becker. | Library of Congress

An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured reproduction of an aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.

Nurse and patient. Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens (London, 1852-1853) Satire novel on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery

Margery is woken up by the nursemaid after dreaming about all her favourite nursery rhyme characters. Date: 1884

"Carmel" is the best soap for baby's bath. "Carmel" is the best soap for baby's bath

Hydropaths. / 2. (title registered) | Patients and doctors. (title of all)

An electric light bath in the Bilz Sanatorium, Berlin. "The copious perspiration promotes increased assimilation efficacious in cases of gout asthma, etc." Early sunbed Date: 19th century

A doctor discussing a patient, he boasts to the other doctor that he has prescribed the wrong treatment simply to enhance his own reputation. Wood engraving by J.B.P., 1896.

Borwick Ward for children under ten and, inset, Her Majesty's Hospital, Stepney Causeway, London. The hospital, run by Barnados, was opened in 1888 as a hospital for sick children. It was closed in 1922 and its work continued by Barnados' JC Hanbury Hospital. From 'Bubbles' c1900 published by Dr Barnados Homes for Children. Oleograph.

A doctor telling a miserable hypochondriac patient that blood-letting is no longer practiced. Wood engraving after C. Keene.

"Don't cry if it does smart a moment, the pain killer will soon take all the soreness away.". "Don't cry if it does smart a moment, the pain killer will soon take all the soreness away."

Visitor at a deathbed. A sick or injured man is on his deathbed. On the bed is a man in a jacket with a hat. He holds the man's hand.

In a children's hospital, sick children in a dormitory room, visitor, nurse, scene in a hospital with a nurse taking care of a child, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

News. Strabismus. - My faith, I did not recognize you! ... / 48 (registered title) | News (title of all)

A doctor reassuring a patient that he can cure him. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1898.

A patient consulting his friendly doctor. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.

Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for coughs and all lung diseases. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for coughs and all lung diseases

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