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Varicose Veins Treatment History

Illustration showing a leg with varicose veins, featuring two variations: one with bandages and one without, depicting historical medical practices.

Syphiloderma papulosum lenticulare. Dr. George Henry Fox, photographer (American, 1846 - 1937) 1881 Close view of a woman from behind. Her back, neck, arms, and buttocks are covered with smooth, red lesions from secondary syphilis. (Recto, sheet) lower center, below image, printed in brown ink: "SYPHILODERMA PAPULOSUM LENTICULARE. / PLATE V."

$War-wounded Private G. W. Warrington, recovering without amputation after gunshot fracture of the right kneecap, from the Surgical Department photo catalogue, 1880, photo by William Bell, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period$

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Henry Wicklin, aged 6 years, as a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

Acupuncture prohibitions for pregnancy, Chinese/Japanese

Surgical instruments and bandages. Engraving with etching.

FOR A MATRON

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: George Steel, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

Sports Medicine, Medical - History

Orthopedics, Medical - History

Friern Hospital, London: an old man's face with his eyes closed; stitch marks run down from under his chin. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'Mouth-Locking' pox

Postcard Advertisement for Premo Sodium Ethalyl. ca. 1947, SLEEP.............................. induced in minutes. Protected for hours. Sodium Ethalyl-Premo consists of the sodium salts of the pento-barbital and pheno-barital portioned to effect quick onset and prolonged sedation. Supplied: Ethalyl Sodium Capsules 2 gr. -bottles of 40, 100, 1000 Ethalyl Elixir 2 gr. per fluid ounce - 1 pint and 1 gallon bottles. Sodium Ethalyl Premo Pharmaceutical Laboratories, INC. New York 13, N.Y.

Gunshot Fracture of the Shaft of the Right Femur, United with Great Shortening and Deformity. A wounded young veteran of the American Civil War, wearing only a shirt and jacket, stands supported by crutches, his right leg severely wounded as described in the photograph's title. A mirror is placed behind him in order to show the leg from multiple angles, but the reflection mercifully reduces the gruesome evidence to shadow, blocked by the right crutch. He stares intently at the camera, perhaps uncomfortable being photographed in such an awkward and immodest position, yet surely grateful to be among the survivors. Like their counterparts in other army branches, medical officers such as William H. Bell, who became official photographer of the Army Medical Museum, carefully documented the effects rather than the events of the war, as well as their healing techniques.. (Recto, image) lower right, written in the negative: "illegible" (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "21" L

The nurse says there are two!. The nurse says there are two!

Eight photographs of pelves once held in the St Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum

Two surgeons applying the method of cauterisation to clearly defined points on the chests of two male patients, the senior surgeon wears a pointed hat (). Pen drawing after an Anglo Saxon tenth century manuscript.

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, Lister, Breast Bandage, Antiseptic Surgery. Dressing after excision of mammary and axillary glands, to show the arrangement of the dressing, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

"He earned the quarter all right but maybe he'll have to spend it for pain-killer.". Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Child suffering from gangrene of the mouth (cancrum oris), Italy. Photograph, ca. 1880.

At the dentist, c. 1970 - c. 1980 print paper

The Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, India: production of the rabies vaccine: removing the spinal cord of a dissected rabbit, previously infected with rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Heres a health to the next one that dies | Library of Congress

Whirling bed and chair used to tranquilize patients inmates in mental hospitals in 19th century Belgium, by pioneering physician Joseph Guislain (1797-1860). As head of the mental hospitals of Ghent, he developed a humane therapeutic environment for the insane. Ca. 1835.

An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Halftone.

Friern Hospital, London: a male patient in a gown bearing a number. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Unusual round-celled sarcoma occurring at the angle of the jaw of a woman

Julius Edler von Vest 1806-1885, doctor in Graz, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Female doctor in an operating room

My mamma gives me Brown's instant relief for coughs, colds, colic, sore throat, diphtheria, etc. I think it is real nice to take. , Women, Children, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz () after Fray B. de Sahagún.

Friern Hospital, London: a patient, facing towards the right. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Nursing 1885-1895 United States. Drypoint in black on ivory laid paper . Mary Cassatt

They must be very hoarse. Hires Cough Cure. They must be very hoarse. Hires Cough Cure

Marilyn Monroe's autopsy photograph. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) an American actress, model, and singer.

Portrait of Ava H. Fenn, M.D.. Unknown

Ayer's Pills, the little favorites.. Ayer's Pills, the little favorites.

Medical history. Doctor operating a calculation of the gallbladder. Xilografia. Hortus Sanitatis by Johannes de Cuba (1430-1503). 15th C.

Gunshot Fracture of the Shaft of the Right Femur, United with Great Shortening and Deformity; Possibly William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910); Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America; August 15, 1865; Albumen silver print

disarticulation the operator, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine

Doctor and His Patients, Puzzles & Optical Illusions

Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'Cheek Supporting' pox

Acu-moxa chart: points of the throat and neck, Japanese

Head of a woman with a severe disease affecting her face. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1858.

Acupuncture, acupuncture points of the human body, shown on a practice dummy for alternative practitioners

Using a laryngoscope to aid the removal of a polyp from the throat, c1890. Artist: Unknown

Forearm wound. Pooll. Captain of the Wassenaer.

American 19th Century, JA Marshall, Physician & Surgeon, Williamsburg, Indiana, c 1865 J.A. Marshall, Physician & Surgeon, Williamsburg, Indiana

Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'No reddening at the root'

operation, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine

Medicine, anatomy, surgery, lister, breast bandage, antiseptic surgery. Dressing after excision of mammary and axillary glands to show the arrangement of the dressing, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Photo collection Government information service. Medical profession, nurse. undated. Heiloo

A woman consulting an official weeps and then faints, prompting the official to take her privately into his back office. Line process print by SGAP after Albert Guillaume, 1893.

Doctor in medicine of the Faculty of Paris. (1586.)

Childhood diseases like measles, scarlet fever, rubella, favus and chickenpox, illustrations from the book 'Dr. F. Koenig's Ratgeber in gesunden und kranken Tagen', German for "Dr. F. Koenig 's book with advice for the healthy and sick days", 1928

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean Sack Disinfestor: used to kill typhus carrying lice. Photograph, 1900/1920 ().

Unidentified woman possibly associated with Seminary Hospital, Washington, D.C., or Chesapeake Hospital, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Title devised by Library staff, In: Carte de visite album associated with Mary A.E. Keen, nurse at Seminary Hospital, Washington, D.C, and Chesapeake Hospital, Fort Monroe, Virginia, page 43, right photo, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2020; (DLC/PP-2017:171-4, formerly deposit D076), Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, August 2020, pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. Health care personnel, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.

Medicine, Anatomy, Amputation of the Hip Joint in Military Surgery, c. 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Girl with inflamed sebaceous cyst in the position of the right lachrymal gland

A small dog dressed up as a nurse atop a Union Jack and next to a collecting tin for the Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Fund. 'Toby' is never shunn'd when asking! Date: early 20th century

Cosmetic surgery: a man who has had corrective surgery to his ears; the back of his head. Photograph, 1909 ().

Horsford's Acid Phosphate for mental & physical exhaustion, dyspepsia & c. It makes a delicious drink with water & sugar only. , Infants, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

In addition to a demonstration of appyling pressure to a 'knot' that runs along a pedicle of a uterine polyp by the wombs orifice, there are instruments invented by Levret, and a 'ferre-naud' tweezer..

Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. The Latin botanical name means the 'sleep-bringing poppy', referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates.

Dermatitis Exfoliativa. Dr. Selden I. Rainforth (American, 1879 - 1960)

Physician laughing as he pulls a patient's tooth with string. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) from Human Passions Delineated, John Haywood, Manchester, 1773.

The face of a man suffering from cancer of the tongue, showing severely diseased tissue on the tongue. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1867.

Japanese Doctor and Patient. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Friern Hospital, London: an old man, emaciated, viewed from the side. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Lupus Vulgaris. Dr. Selden I. Rainforth (American, 1879 - 1960)

History of medicine. Modern Age. Belly infaldo. Cirrhosis.Woodcut. Hortus Sanitatis. 14th century. Colored.

Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo

The Allies: British Empire: Hospital Matron; Miss M M L of Melbourne, Australia. Eugene Burnand (d.1921)

Red Cross medic running with a young boy and girl, World War I

Discolouration of the skin associated with disease of the supra-renal capsules

Rickets, deformed children, illustrations from the book, 'Dr. F. Koenig's Ratgeber in gesunden und kranken Tagen', German for "Dr. F. Koenig 's book with advice for the healthy and sick days", 1928

Syphiloderma ulcerativum perforans. O.G. Mason, photographer (American, 1830 - 1921) 1881 Portrait of a woman suffering from nasal collapse caused by tertiary syphilis. (Recto, sheet) lower center, below image, printed in brown ink: "SYPHILODERMA ULCERATIVUM PERFORANS. / PLATE XLI."

Close-up of two surgeons

Degenerate venous vascular tumour from the thigh (venous naevi)

Result of a plastic operation to remove a rodent ulcer in the face

Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig and rhubarb

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 occupational diseases (phosphor necrosis). undated

Surgical Instruments.

Med, Dor, Ant, Jaksch k, Professor of the Medicin Clinic at the University of Prague, Primary doctor of the k, General Hospital etc, Anton Jaksch von Wartenhorst, Professor of the Medical Clinic at the University of Prague, primary doctor of the K, General Hospital etc, Josef Zinsande -, Lithography

Josef Winkler 1794-1869, around 1850 pharmacist in Vienna, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Dr. with. Eckhorst. .

Pictures from medical examination, probably by staff at the railway.

Pediculosis Capitis. Dr. Selden I. Rainforth (American, 1879 - 1960)

'The Patient'. A sick kitten is spoon-fed some medicine - the patient does not seem too keen.....!! Date: circa 1910s

S.R. Willis, gunshot wound left side. Attributed to William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910)

Syphiloderma ulcerativum. Dr. George Henry Fox, photographer (American, 1846 - 1937) 1881 Close view of an inner arm to show ulcerative lesions from secondary syphilis on the inner elbow. (Recto, sheet) lower center, below image, printed in brown ink: "SYPHILODERMA ULCERATIVUM. / PLATE XL." Lower left, printed in brown ink: "cut offPE, HARROUN & BIERSTADT, N.Y."

Favorite Columbia Chair: With Head-Rest, Medical - Dental

Something from Count Dracula's torture chamber No, just an apparatus for the chest shirt. English: IS THIS SOMETHING FROM COUNT Draculas Torture Chamber NO, ITS Just A Device for Realization Your Ribcage.

'Make Do and Mend'. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1943

Josef Hauer 1769-1848, medical officer, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

When I was given up to die, by the most skillful physicians, Parker's Tonic kept me alive and raised me up after everything else failed. It is just as good for children. Try it and be convinced. , Girls, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Artwork: "Nurse Helping Patient". Artist: Sieger Hartgers. Catalog Number: 2.49.91, US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Kasturba Gandhi wife of Mahatma Gandhi on her deathbed at the Palace of the Aga Khan, in Pune, Maharashtra State. 1944. The Palace, became the place of internment for Indian Independence leaders including Mahatma Gandhi in 1942-44.

Civil War nurse partially identified as Miss Davis of South Street Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in traditional nurse's uniform / Photographed by Keely, N.W. cor. Fifth and Coates Sts., Philadelphia. | Library of Congress

The four children's diseases, measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, rubella, Der praktische Hausarzt, Ein Weg zur Gesundheit, 1901, Breslau

Carter's Little Liver Pills, always cure sick headache.. Carter's Little Liver Pills, always cure sick headache.

Xanthoma. Dr. Selden I. Rainforth (American, 1879 - 1960)

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