Historical Medical Practices

Engravings and etchings depict historical medical scenes, including surgeons treating patients, showcasing past surgeries and medical assessments from various centuries.

A 17th century barber surgeon attending to a patient's ear. From an engraving by an unknown artist after a work by Lucas van Leyden.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C Dusart, 1695. In the middle of the print, a seated peasant shows by his screams the sharp pain which is being caused to him by a country surgeon who is probing a wound in his arm. A woman standing in the background to the right shows her sympathy by clasping her hands (adapted from Bartsch's description) . Created 1695. Patients - Netherlands - History (- 17th century) . Wounds and injuries - Treatment. Operative. Surgery. Surgical

Johann Gottfried Matthes (Mathes), a "natural healer", taking the pulse of a patient suffering from the dropsy. Etching, 1784.

The Phrenologist. Phrenology, the assessment of a subject's mental faculties by study of the external conformation of the cranium. The phrenologist feels his own cranial bumps with one hand while holding a skull in the other. A book on phrenology is open on the table and on the floor are ceramic heads numbered with the areas of the head applying to various characteristics. Lithograph published in 1830 when phrenology was popular.

Surgeon treating a wounded soldier. Woodcut from a book on field surgery, 1593.

A barber-surgeon performing an operation. Facsimile of a 17th-century engraving by Cornelis de Wael. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

A surgeon treating a male patient's leg. Engraving.

A physician talking to a patient about his illness, the patient is holding a basket containing a urine flask. Engraving.

A 17th century barber surgeon attending to a patient's ear. From an engraving by an unknown artist after a work by Lucas van Leyden.

Caring for the sick, Jan Luyken, Gerrit de Broen (Sr.), in or after 1695 - c. 1740

A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after Gianni after G. Dou.

Tailor; Professions. A tailor cuts a fabric, next to him his thumbstick. In the background Sewing two sitting women and hanging garments on a line.

Woman kills her second spouse after it became known to be her first man; So Unverantwortliche von Dem zu der.

Man at a doctor, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Adriaen Brouwer, 1638 - 1658 print In a departure, a doctor takes care of the foot of a man sitting in a chair and lets his foot rest on a block of wood. The patient pulls a paired face. A second man observes the treatment from behind his table. In the background a man in a storage space. Haarlem paper etching / engraving physician, doctor. medical examination, medical treatment. care of hands and feet. pain

The surgery; The ear operation. A surgery makes an incision behind the ear of a man sitting in front of him.

Medicine, anatomy, surgery on the foot, c. 1650, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Cure of Napoleon sick. (Ti)

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

A surgeon operating on a man's thigh. Oil painting.

The dentist. A dentist looks into a man's mouth. The man is robbed by a woman behind him at the same time. In addition to the dentist, a table on which his instruments are.

a magnetiseur cures his patient of a nervous ailment Date: 1863

Interior of a Doctor's House. Engraving from a miniature of the "Epistre de Othea" by Christine de Pisan in the 15th century. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, A doctor in his office and workshop examining a urine bottle and referring to a book, c. 1700, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, A doctor in his practice and workshop examining a urine bottle and referring to a book, c. 1700, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

At the Surgery. Singery. Different customers are helped in the treatment room of a surgery. Left for a monkey gets a tincture ironed on its foot. A monkey is fed to the right that is complete in the connection. Another customer is waiting with his arm in a canvas.

A physician and two assistants attending a plague patient. Lithographic reproduction of a woodcut.

Family around a sickbed, Jean Massard, After Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1778 print France paper etching / engraving visiting the sick; sick person together with others. family life

Torture of a witch during a highly embarrassing interrogation. Her hands are squeezed between wedges, torturer, another woman is trapped in the stretching board, c. 1700, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period..

A young male physician stirring a medicinal mixture for a female patient, the patient's mother reassures her, a urine flask is on the table. Lithograph by A. Bida after G. Ter Borch, the younger.

Medicine. A German surgeon. Copy engraving by Hans Holbein, German from Consolation of Philosophy, 16th century.

Woman kills her second spouse after it became known to be her first man; Das Unverantwortliche von Dem zu der.

Man at a doctor, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Adriaen Brouwer, 1638 - 1658 print In a departure, a doctor takes care of the foot of a man sitting in a chair and lets his foot rest on a block of wood. The patient pulls a paired face. A second man observes the treatment from behind his table. In the background a man in a storage space. Haarlem paper etching / engraving physician, doctor. medical examination, medical treatment. care of hands and feet. pain

A doctor (Joseph Chelius) takes the pulse of a young woman who warms to his presence. Coloured etching, ca. 1831.

Großvater spielt mit dem Enkel auf dem Knie, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Illustration depicting a family around the deathbed of an elderly relative. Dated 19th Century

Field surgeon with a patient, Thomas Major, After David Teniers, 1724 - 1747 print Text in French in the lower margin. Paris paper etching / engraving barber; surgeon. other 'operations'. pharmacist, druggist, apothecary; pharmacy, drugstore, dispensing chemist

Torture, burning and decomposition of severed body parts, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Medicine, Anatomir, Operation to remove worms from the leg in Bender-Abassi, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

King James I of England on his deathbed, attended by courtiers trying to poison him. Etching by or after W. Hollar, ca. 1672.

Patient having a cataract removed from his left eye by a surgeon whose assistant immobilizing the patient. Woodcut from OPHTHALMODOULEIA DAS IST AUGENDIENST, a 1583 book by Georg Bartisch (1535-1607).

Franz Joseph Gall and Johann Caspar Spurzheim examining a patient. Watercolour painting.

Prins Maurits deathbed, 1625, 1780 - 1795 print The deathbed of Prince Maurits, April 23, 1625. The prince lying in bed, with a few visitors and the pastor Bogerman sitting on a chair at the foot end. Netherlands paper etching deathbed

The sacrament of the hospitalization; Extreme Unctionis Sacramentum; Seven sacraments. The sacrament of the hospitalization. A priest and grieving family members around the deathbed of a sick old man.

Interior with the Countess Dying in a chair, Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin (II), After William Hogarth, 1745 print At the feet of the countess is a news article stating that Silvertongue is hung up for killing her husband. Her young child is lifted by an old woman to give her one last kiss. The child has syphilis, on the dark spot in her face and the splint around her leg. The father of the countess removes her wedding ring. A pharmacist grabs a servant at his collar and points to a bottle of Laudanum with which the Countess has committed suicide. On the right a doctor leaves the room. On the left, a lean dog eats a pork head of a plate on the table and is a fallen chair. London paper etching death of an adult person. seeking death, suicide. violent death by poison. wedding ring. pharmacist, druggist, apothecary; pharmacy, drugstore, dispensing chemist. dog. satire on marriage London

Etching by Ernst Karl Gottlieb Thelott showing a sick person attended by a doctor, created between 1790 and 1834, illustrating medical practice, patient care, and 18th-19th century domestic interior.

'Physicians examining of a patient with Leprosy. Because of the fear of contracting Leprosy by contact with a sufferer, lepers were considered 'unclean' and isolated in Leper Hospitals. Woodcut, Amsterdam, 1593.'

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

A thin, anxious patient consulting a doctor. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.

The Anatomist March 12, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson An elderly surgeon leans over a bag of instruments on a table and holds a knife in his right hand. A girl seizes him by the arm and points behind her to his subject, a young man lying who has just awoken, throwing a sheet off and looking horrified. A notice is on the wall behind them, which reads, "A Course of Anatomical Lectures accompanied with Dissections will be delivered tommorrow Evening by Professer Sawbone.". The Anatomist. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). March 12, 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

The anatomical lesson of Nicolaes tulip. Group portrait of the Amsterdam surgeon at an anatomical lesson. The men sit around a table on which a corpse lies. Doctor Nicolaes Tulp gives instruction. He has opened the arm of the corpse and holds a bundle of arm muscles with a tongs, while making a demonstrating gesture with his other hand. In addition to Nicolaes tulip, the surgeon Jacob Blok, Hartman Hartmansz., Adraen Slabran, Jacob de Witt, Mathijs Turkey, Jacob Koolvelt and Frans van Loenen depicted.

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, Two surgeons treat two seated male patients in a surgery, many surgeon's utensils hanging from the ceiling, c. 1700, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Torture with stretching, torture chamber, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, A doctor examines a urine sample from an elderly patient standing next to him in his elaborate office, circa 1700, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original.

A learned physician with a library of Latin books writes a prescription but cannot save his patients from death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.

Death bed of a loved one. A girl lies sick and dying in a bedside. Her husband holds her hand and buries his head in the blankets. A dog is quiet next to the bed. A crucifix is hanging on the wall of the bed.

Breathing a Vein' Blood letting. Physician bleeding a patient from the arm, 1804. Cartoon by James Gillray (1757-1815) English caricaturist.

Five decrepit doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

Woodblock engraving depicting a bloodletting scene. A physician bleeding a patient from the arm. Dated 16th century

A physician dispensing medicine through a window, a large group of patients are waiting their turn, a female assistant has a medicine chest suspended from her neck, Italy 17--. Coloured wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after H. Wallis.

Amputation of a leg without anaesthetic, 1593. Artist: Unknown.

A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants. Coloured engraving.

medicine treatment treatment of the knee or the lower leg woodcut coloured from ""Feldtbuch der Wundartzney"" by Hans von Gersdorff Strasbourg Germany 1528,

Two men in conversation in a hospital; The guesthouse.

Two men in conversation in a infirmary, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching

EDWARD JENNER (1749-1823), Physician and pioneer of vaccination, vaccinating 8 year old James Phipps with cowpox to provide immunity against smallpox, 1796.

ENGRAVING-SURGERY ROOM. Author: JUNTA JUAN DE. Location: MEDICAL FACULTY. France.

Dentist. A dentist, with in hand a Choose in a pliers, is in his practice for his work table. Behind the dentist is a young man who loves his hand on his cheek; You may have just drawn.

Caricature of five doctors who consult each other, Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1823 print Paris paper physician, doctor. caricatures (human types)

Photo production of a painting by a dentist with a pulled tooth of a young man, Anonymous, 1855 - 1865 visit card. photograph This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print (barber as) dentist

Black Death. Doctor visiting a patient. Fascilulus Medicinae by Johannes (D.C. 1490). Engraving 15th century. Italian School.

Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.

A hospital patient is wheeled in a brouette Date: 15th century

A Japanese physician applying moxa (a substance produced from leaves of various wormwoods) as a cautery: igniting it on the skin of a patient's back. Wood engraving.

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgical Scene from 1300, Rolandus Parmensis, Chirurgia. Surgeon warms the entrails protruding from a wounded abdomen with an eviscerated puppy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Nursing Major, Skeletons - Academia

Surgery. Ausculation and examination of patient. Illustration from 13th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).

A Dentist Pulling a Tooth, c. 1620, Netherlands, Painting by Theodoor Rombouts, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A tentative patient asks whether he will be able to taste his medicine. Coloured lithograph by A.L. Noël.

A physician in traditional costume examining urine in a flask, the young female patient is in bed, France 14--. Coloured etching by P. Pauquet after a 1493 manuscript.

The infirmary of the hospital of the charity Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). "The infirmary of the Charity Hospital".

medicine disease bubonic plague physician cutting a bubo woodcut 1482,

A physician examining a urine flask. Oil painting.

Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician, vaccinating a child against Smallpox using Cowpox serum. Artist's impression from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901.

Two Japanese women attend to a woman in labor. circa 1887.

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

A medical practitioner examining a urine-flask. Oil painting attributed to P. de Bloot.

Illustration of the birth of Julius Caesar, by Cesarean section from a 1506 edition of Suetonius, THE TWELVE CESARS. The woman is dead and a surgeon stands next to the body holding a razor, as a midwife extracts the baby. Since Julius Caesar's mother survived his birth, the name of the operation may have come from another birth isn the honored Roman family.

Napoleons in treatment with foreign doctors, 1814, Anonymous, 1814 print Cartoon on Napoleon's exile to Elba, May 1814. Napoleon is examined by surprised looking doctors from the Allied countries: England, Prussia, Russia, Sweden and Austria. The English doctor looks in the back of Napoleon's pants and notices on 'Egg look! The heart in the pants! ' In the meantime, Napoleon is winning the areas conquered by him, including Holland. Netherlands paper etching / engraving examination, diagnosis; physician speaking with patient. vomiting

The national dentist. (IT)

medicine treatment ""Beinbruch"" (Fracture of the leg) treatment of the lower leg woodcut coloured from ""Feldtbuch der Wundartzney"" by Hans von Gersdorff Strasbourg Germany 1528 private collection,

La Pharmacie Rustique', c1775 (The Country Pharmacy). The composition shows a visit to a country chemist. Illustrated with the interior of Michael Schuppach's pharmacy in Basel, Switzerland, during a consultation. Schuppach seems to be examining a sample of urine brought by a fashionably dressed woman. After a painting of 1774 by G Locher.

Military hospital with war wounded, Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 - 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, statistician, founder of modern Western nursing and influential reformer of sanitation and health care in Britain and British India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period

A surgeon and his patient, from an Encyclopaedia of 1482. 15th cent book illustration. Medieval France.

Operator mesmerising a patient. Engraving published London c1795

A physician examining urine. Watercolour () after A. Ostade.

A professor asks a medical student for his prognosis for a certain case, the student smokes while doing so, around 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the time

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, also Nicolaas Tulp, Tulpius, and Nicolaes Petreius (9 October 1593 - 12 September 1674), a Dutch surgeon and anatomist as well as one of the most famous physicians of the 17th century and mayor of Amsterdam, painting by Rembrandt, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Acute Pain 1800 Thomas Rowlandson British. Acute Pain 687400

An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.

Reduction of a dislocated mandible by a Greek surgeon, from the Commentary with illustrations of Apollonius of Kitum (1st century BC) on Hippocrates, found in a 9th century Greek surgical manuscript. Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy.

Woman with sick child at a doctor, Edouard Girardet, in or after 1835 - in or before 1866 print printer: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: London paper Counsel; 'Consiglio' (Ripa). physician, doctor. patient, sick person. mother and baby or young child

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