Historical Medical Practices

Cartoons depicting 19th-century medical scenes, including dentistry, patient assessments, and humorous takes on treatments.

National Women's Social and Political Union poster of British suffragist hunger strikers being force fed in prison. Cal 1910.

A German military dentist pulls a tooth from an agonised soldier. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1892.

A phrenologist examining a man's characterful head. Lithograph.

A patience test, Johan Braakensiek, 1897 Amsterdam paper sick-bed. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. political caricatures and satires Ottoman Empire. Greece

Engraving showing Dr. Howard, Medical Officer of New York Harbour, demonstrating his resusciation technique at the Receiving House of the Royal Humane Society, Hyde Park, London 1878. The technique came in two parts; at top left of the image - pumping fluid from the lungs and stomach; and in the main image - compression of the chest, similar in method to working a bellows. Dr. Howard's technique was so revolutionary and successful that he was awarded the national prize of the American Medical As

Illustration depicting a doctor assessing a patient who is recovering from a broken arm. Dated 19th century

A man rushing into a barber-surgeons' shop to inform the practitioner of the imminent need to vote. Lithograph.

Cartoon depicting a man, suffering with food poisoning, asking the pharmacist for a cure. Dated 19th century

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

A pharmacist makes some medicine which he is only able to sell to a one-legged man. Line block.

National Women's Social and Political Union poster of British suffragist hunger strikers being force fed in prison. Cal 1910.

A doctor and footman hurling pudding at each other in an attempt to make the obese patient laugh in order to cure his quinsey. Coloured engraving by R. Newton, 1797.

Cartoon depicting a portable hip-bath. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a invalid chair designed to make it easy to carry a patient up and down stairs. Dated 19th century

Cartoon - Bad Dental Practices Rostap (1866-1949)

(6 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern 'The Rain Bath' "You must be shut in for 15 minutes Sir!" Date: 1860

Scene on an English emigrant ship, here the sleeping room for men, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th ...

In the Children's Ward at Bellevue Hospital, New York City, circa 1892

A physician in his surgery examining a little boy's tongue, his sister waits for him holding a large umbrella. Wood engraving after H.B. Roberts.

A physician advising a man not to be depressed by his illness. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

The dance teacher. (dummy title) | How do medicine in Paris (IFF 2) are studied (set of all)

medicine narcosis anaesthetic machine 2nd half of the 19th century,

Scene on an English emigrant ship, here the sleeping room for men, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th centu, exact original date not known

An engraving depicting a barber shaving a customer. Dated 19th century

Never too late to mend.. Never too late to mend.

(5 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern 'The Douche' "Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!" Date: 1860

Transportation of convicts from Britain to Australia in the 19th century. The regime on board the convict ships was harsh as were the punishments. Here a prisoner who has been flogged until his back is raw is then put into a brine (salt) bath and his back is scrubbed with a broom.

Historical illustration of the medication of a larynx, viewing with light, medicine/Historical illustration of the medication of a Larynx, viewing with light, medicine, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the 'incurables' ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

Tapotement massage technique, state of the art of therapeutic techniques, early 20th Century, illustration

An engraving depicting a young girl who has suffered from syncope, a temporary loss of consciousness usually relating to insufficient blood flow to the brain. The other girl uses smelling salts to revive her friend. Dated 19th century

A medical doctor at work checking for infectious eye diseases as Immigrants arrive at Gravesend Date: 1911

Where Are the Nurses Heat Wave in NYC: Sun-Stuck Patients at the Center Street Hospital by unknown artist, 1872

A picture for employers - Why they can live on 40 cents a day ... And they can't, circa 1878

Five pictures of the interior of the hospital in 1878. 1, top image shows the Princess Mary Ward. 2, middle left, applicants awaiting admission. 3, middle right, the serving of breakfast. 4, bottom left, nursing a patient. 5, bottom right, folding circulars for the post. Date: 1878

Medicine, taking medication, man pouring out his medicine/Medicine, taking medication, Man pours out his medicine, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

An illustration of a patient with toothache. Date: 1882

A doctor administers vaccinations to the poor folk of London's east end Date: 1871

Rare specimens of comparative craniology: an old maid's skull phrenologised.. British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Cartoon, Be Prepared! Showing a member of the Women's Emergency Corps in a shop, asking the assistant for a gross of safety pins in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Quarantine for officers of ships that are in detention, visited by their wives and children. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease. In the nineteenth century, cholera spread from North-east India towards the east coast of Africa. It only took a couple of years for the disease to reach Europe. Date: 1884

Historical Illustration of the Medication of a Larynx, Viewing with Light, Medicine, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date not known

Head Bath: After 15-30 minutes in warm water, cold water was poured over the head. For ''high fevers, and in early stages of colig and cholera morbus''. From ''The Hydropathic Encyclopaedia'', New York, 1874.

James Young Simpson, having experimented on himself with chloroform, found unconcious on the floor by his butler. Simpson (1811-1870) Scottish obstetrician born at Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh University. Physician to Queen Victoria. Discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. Introduced anaesthesia to childbirth. Engraving from 'Heroes of Britain in Peace and War' by Edwin Hodder (London, c1880).

Florence Nightingale (1820 -1910) English nurse and one of her ministering angels in the Crimea, as seen by 'Punch', London, 1854. Crimean War 1853-1856. Wood engraving.

Bath Spa, England: Patient taking a localised hot vapour bath. Engraving, Paris, 1892.

Medicine, taking medication, much helps a lot/Medicine, taking medication, Much helps a lot, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

A doctor is examining a woman's arm. Colour lithograph after F. Jüttner, 1909.

medicine, treatment, therapy, medical gymnastics, bending forward of the upper body, from: Friedrich Eduard Bilz, New Naturopathic Treatment, Leipzig, Germany, 1902,

You have been injured saying by fighting as a volunteer during the headquarters ... / n ° 2

Illustration shows an old lady having difficulty threading a sewing needle. Dated 1849.

Illustration depicting a nurse chastising a child. Dated 19th Century

Koch demonstrates his treatment of the disease using goat's blood Date: 1891

HISTORIA DE LA MEDICINA. SIGLO XIX. ODONTOLOGIA. Ojo y dentadura postiza. Grabado coloreado. París, 1825.

Medicine, Taking medicine, Much helps much, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

An embarrassed female patient is caught undressed by a leering medical assistant. Colourprocess print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Thomas Thorne in character as a barber shaving a man. Process print, ca. 1886.

Engraving depicting a country doctor making up a prescription. Dated 19th century

In the clinic, dental school in Paris, France, woodcut circa 1871, Europe

Medicine, Taking medicine, Much helps much, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not kn...

Free smallpox vaccination. From Petit Journal (1905), France 20th century.

22 / Ma dear sister, I come asking you for a small advice, for an childbirth that I have to do .... (IT)

An engraving depicting a Swedish movement cure: flexing of the forearm. Dated 19th century

Physiotherapy with fitness equipment, state of the art of therapeutic techniques, early 20th Century, illustration

Torture, Punishment, Punishment, A Chinese man lies on the ground while a man in a red jacket cuts his ankles with a sword, c. 1810, China, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

Russo-Turkish War (1877-78). Russian wounded Hospital. Nursing students of the faculty of St. Petersburg. Bukarest. Recorded by Capuz. "The Spanish and American illustration", 1877.

Dr Depaul vaccinates from the animal at the Academie de Medecine, Paris Date: 1870

Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, The Rack torture method. The victim of torture lying on a long table was handcuffed by the arms and legs. At one end, a hand lever wheel was used to slowly tighten a rope, with which the arms were usually tied in a sling, so that the joints were stretched or the bones of the tormented person were released from their joints, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

The Out-Patients' Room and the Dispensary for Women Date: 1872

Vaccination aboard an ocean liner in 1884, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork

A practictioner of Mesmerism using Animal Magnetism

A man trying to gain free advice from a doctor. Chalk drawing by J. MacWilson, 1910.

Illustration of Granville Sharp (1735-1813) an English abolitionist, inspecting the injuries of the slave Jonathan Strong. Dated 18th Century

Where are the Nurses New York Eye and Ear Infirmary by unknown artist, 1875

Medicine, taking medicine, with use of force, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

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

Breathing a vein.

Pharmacy of a military medical train. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

A professor asking a medical student his prognosis for a particular case. Coloured process print, 1900.

(9 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. 'The Shallow Bath'. "Ah, this, and the water can, is the best Doctor after all" Date: 1860

A group of female students at work in the dissecting room of the Medical College for Women on East Twelfth Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA. After an illustration from an 1870 edition of Frank

An ill creature with a human head and long tail is seated in a chair being treated by two nurses; representing a case in contemporary British or Irish politics. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

Boer War: patients outside a military hospital gargling with antiseptic while being watched by three nurses. Halftone, c.1900, after F. de Haenen.

A small child attempts to ask a pharmacist for some ipecacuanha, but only succeeds in babbling excrementally. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

Engraving depicting a therapeutic electric head bath. Dated 20th century

An obese man consulting a doctor. Coloured etching.

Stones with provisions and medicines

Cartoon, Scene in a hospital. A soldier tells a doctor and two nurses that it would be like paradise here if he was allowed to smoke (there is a No Smoking sign on the wall). Date: 1917

Kneipp Cure/flash, Knee, and Upper Infusion, by Fritz Gehrke, 1855-1916, colored wood engraving, 1890

Standing obstetrical examination as illustrated in the 1822 medical classic Nouvelles Demonstrations D'ACCOUCHEMENS (DEMONSTRATION OF NEW OBSTETRICS) by Jacques Pierre Maygrier (1771-1835) . The physician depicted is thought to be a portrait of Maygrier himself.

Children in a infirmary, 1912 drawing Children and babies lie in beds, cribs and a lounger in a sick room. A sister, himself a child, walks towards one of the children with a tray on which a glass stands. On a table are a bowl, cup and bottle, possibly a medicine. cardboard. India ink (ink). pencil pen ward; room (in hospital). nurse ~ hospital. child

Surgeons examining a mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.

Celluloid. The perils of the celluloid collar which was highly inflamable.

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A group of aristocrats visit a young man in hospital. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by P. Hérault, c. 1925.

A board of medical officers of the Navy examining a naval man's injured arm. Halftone after Joseph Nash the younger after a sketch by A. Gascoigne Wildey.

Pharmacy, 1882.

Dr. Bossy, the quack of Dr. Bossy with assistants, selling medicines in London

A doctor viewing a queue of patients through an eyeglass. Pen drawing.

Illustration showing a well dressed female immigrant having her eyes examined for infectious diseases by a doctor at Ellis Island in New York, 1906. In the background a baby is being examined. First class passengers were exempt from the examination. Date: 1906

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