Historical Medical Studies

Vintage photographs and illustrations depicting patients in medical settings, studies of hands, and historical medical conditions, showcasing early medical practices.

Littre's operation for artificial anus; J.H. Pooley (American, active 1870s - 1880s); December 22, 1871; Albumen silver print

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Woman with a cyst or cystic adenoma affecting the thyroid gland

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$Recovery, without Amputation, after Gunshot Fracture of the Right Patella. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) July 9, 1865 Portrait of Private G. W. Warrington standing between a table with a dark cloth and a chair covered with cloth tarps. He wears a shirt and jacket buttoned at the top, bare legs, and holds a cane in his right hand. (Recto, image) upper left, written in the negative: "1095" (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "41" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "64" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES, NO. 64. Recovery, without Amputation, after Gunshot Fracture of the Right Patella italicized. \ Private G. W. Warrington,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.41 (Bell)"$

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Victor Hugo on his deathbed, Anonymous, 1885 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper writer, poet, author France

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$Female with tabetic arthropathy and spontaneous fracture$

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$Recovery, without Amputation, after a Gunshot Wound through the Right Knee-joint. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) July 9, 1865 Portrait of Private Peter Stuck standing between a table covered with a dark cloth and a chair covered with a tarp. He rests his right hand on the table, his left on the back of the chair, and holds his right leg forward and bent slightly at the knee. He wears a checked shirt under an unbuttoned vest and jacket and no trousers. A scar is visible on his right knee. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "40" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "63" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / SPECIMEN NO. 1395.--PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES, NO. 63. Recovery, without Amputation, after a Gunshot Wound through the Right Knee-joint italicized. \ Private Peter Stuck,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.40 (Bell)"$

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Corporal Israel Spotts, Company G, 200th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Artist: Reed Brockway Bontecou (American, 1824-1907). Dimensions: Image: 18.9 x 13.1 cm (7 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.), ovalMount: 29.8 x 24.3 cm (11 3/4 x 9 9/16 in.). Date: April-May 1865.Dr. Bontecou's patient history for Corporal Spotts explains that nearing the end of his treatment, the wounded soldier deserted from the hospital. Presumably he believed he was healthy enough to head for home after three years of hard service. Spotts died four months later, on September 20, 1865. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Wounded leg of R. Schwamb, Civil War victim; Attributed to Edward J. Ward (American, active 1860s - 1870s); 1877; Albumen silver print

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$Successful Excision of the Head of the Left Femur for Gunshot Fracture. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) November 1865 Portrait of Private Joseph Brown standing next to a pedestal, resting his right hand on the corner. He is nude from the waist down, and two scars are visible on his left hip. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "14" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH NO. 110. Successful Excision of the Head of the Left Femur for Gunshot Fracture italicized. \ Private Joseph Brown,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.14 (Bell)" Lower right, handwritten in pencil: "Unknown - illegible"$

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$Successful Excision of the Head of the Left Humerus, followed by Necrosis and Secondary Excision of the remainder of the Humerus and the Upper Extremities of the Radius and Ulna. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) 1864 Portrait of Private John E. F. Cleghorn standing behind a chair. He rests his right hand on the back of the chair, and holds his left arm at his side, bent at an angle. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "10" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "112" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 112 AND 148. Successful Excision of the Head of the Left Humerus, followed by Necrosis and Secondary Excision of the remainder of the Humerus and the Upper Extremities of the Radius and Ulna italicized. \ Private John E. F. Cleghorn,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.10 (Bell)"$

$Private John Parkhurst, Company E, Second New York Heavy Artillery. Artist: Reed Brockway Bontecou (American, 1824-1907). Dimensions: Image: 18.9 × 13.1 cm (7 7/16 × 5 3/16 in.), oval. Date: 1865.Union Private Parkhurst received a gunshot wound to the head at Farmville, Virginia, in the final weeks of the Civil War. The ball fractured the upper portion of the soldier's front bone, and he was removed to Harewood Hospital. Dr. Bontecou's printed notes on the reverse of his card-mounted teaching photograph reveal that Parkhurst was fifty years old and that after treatment at the hospital his health progressed favorably. "Doing well," Bontecou observed. The portrait is a good example of how at times the surgeon used enlargements to bring attention to a specific wound and its treatment. In this case, studying his patient from above, he also created a sublime document of medical recovery and human introspection. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.$

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Photography from "An account of manufacturing at the State Railway's prosthetic workshop in Nässjö", 1932. Visces the arm prosthesis's mobility and usability.

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Portrait of a test subject during electrostimulation: 'lady macbeth.

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$Consolidated Gunshot Fracture of the Middle Third of the Left Femur. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) June 1866 Captain R. T. Schlessinger stands facing the camera in front of a mirror he holds with his left hand. His right arm is folded across his chest with his sleeve rolled up. He wears no trousers and a small, round scar is visible at the top of his left thigh. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "26" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "142" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 68. Consolidated Gunshot Fracture of the Middle Third of the Left Femur italicized. \ Captain R. T. Schlessinger,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.26 (Bell)"$

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Photography from "Accounts for manufacturing at the State Railway's prosthetic workshop in Nässjö", 1932. prosthesis for femoral bench.

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Right hand of Saml. Hagle, wounded at Petersburg June 17th 1864; H.D. Ward (American, active North Adams, Massachusetts 1860s - 1870s); about 1864; Albumen silver print

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$United Gunshot Fracture of the Trochanter Major of the Left Femur. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) June 4, 1865 View of Private Charles H. Hodsdon from the chest down, standing with his left leg forward and two wooden crutches under his arms. His shirt is rolled up and he is nude from the waist down. His left leg appears swollen and an indentation on his hip reveals a scar. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "39" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "118" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH NO. 118. United Gunshot Fracture of the Tro- / chanter Major of the Left Femur italicized. \ Private Charles H. Hodsdon,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.39 (Bell)"$

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Dr. Robertson, Inspecting Physician, B.H. Renkioi. Dr. William Robertson (Scottish, 1818 - 1882)

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$Consolidated Gunshot Fracture of the Middle Third of the Right Femur. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) 1865 Portrait of Private William D. Gilbert standing next to a chair with a wooden crutch under his right arm. He is nude and two scars are visible on his right thigh. His left arm holds the back of the chair. (Recto, image) lower left, written in the negative: "130" (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "27" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 130. Consolidated Gunshot Fracture of the Middle Third of the Right Femur italicized. \ Private William D. Gilbert,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.27 (Bell)" Lower right, handwritten in pencil: "illegible"$

$Successful Excision of the Head of the Right Humerus. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) June 13, 1865 Portrait of Sergeant Chauncey A. Winser seated with his shirt pulled down off his shoulders to show a scar on his right shoulder. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "5" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "51" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 51. Successful Excision of the Head of the Right Humerus italicized. \ Sergeant Chauncey A. Winser,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.5 (Bell)"$

$United Gunshot Fracture of the Upper Third of the Right Femur. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) August 15, 1865 Portrait of Lieutenant James J. Reeder standing with two wooden crutches under his arms and nude from the waist down. A table sits in the background on the left side of the image, and a chair with decorative tassels sits on the right. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "30" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "89" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / SPECIMEN NO. 1364.--PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES, NO. 89. United Gunshot Fracture of the Upper Third of the Right Femur italicized. \ Lieut. James J. Reeder,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.30 (Bell)" Lower center, handwritten in pencil: "89"$

$Recovery after Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen, with Faecal Fistula. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) about 1866 Portrait of Lieutenant J. Edmund Mallette standing in profile behind a chair with decorative tassels. His left arm is raised across his chest and his shirt rolled up to reveal a round scar on his left side and another smaller scar on his back. Suspenders hang down the back of his trousers. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "42" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "138" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH NO. 138. Recovery after Penetrating Gunshot Woound of the Abdomen, with Faecal Fistula italicized. \Lieutenant J. Edmund Mallette,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.42 (Bell)"$

$Recovery after Excision of the Head of the Left Humerus for Gunshot Fracture. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) February 9, 1865 Portrait of Private Stephen C. Foster seated with his hands folded in his lap. He faces the camera and a large scar is visible on the upper part of his left arm. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "7" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "143" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 143. Recovery after Excision of the Head of the Left Humerus for Gunshot Fracture italicized. \ Private Stephen C. Foster,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.7 (Bell)"$

$Successful Primary Excision of four inches of the Upper Third of the Shaft of the Right Humerus for Gunshot Fracture. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) June 18, 1865 Portrait of Private John Kelly sitting in a chair facing the camera. His hands rest on the tops of his legs, and his right arm is wrapped with three thin bandages. An incision is visible between the bandages. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "15" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "149" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 149. Successful Primary Excision of four inches of the Upper Third of the Shaft of the Right Humerus for Gunshot Fracture italicized. \ Private John Kelly,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.15 (Bell)"$

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Study of right hand; Livres the principles de dessein. Study of right hand holding a tube. Loose leaves from one of the Livres the DESSEIN principles.

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Theatrical representation of a woman in bed with two nuns and a boy, Anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph France cardboard. photographic support albumen print sick-bed. nun(s) Europe

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$Successful Primary Excision of the Head and three inches of the Shaft of the Left Humerus for Gunshot Fracture. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) 1864 Portrait of Sergeant Jacob P. Yakey seated in a chair with his hands resting in his lap. A small scar is visible on his left shoulder. (Recto, image) lower left, written in the negative: "144" (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "9" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 144. Successful Primary Excision of the Head and three inches of the Shaft of the Left Humerus for Gunshot Fracture italicized. \ Sergeant Jacob P. Yakey,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.9 (Bell)"$

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