Medical Collection

First use of anesthesia in surgery, 1846
First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1846. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustratioin

Medical kit in the Civil War, 1860s
Civil War medical kit used in field situations, Shiloh Battlefield. Photograph

Trephination evidence in an Inca skull
Inca skull showing evidence of prehistoric trephining or brain surgery in Peru. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Smallpox treatment document, New England, 1677
" A Brief Rule, " a printed guide to the treatment of smallpox, or measles, in New England, 1677. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Bubonic plague in France
Belzunce amidst plague victims in France, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Child inoculated with smallpox vaccine, 1870
Physician vaccinating a baby against smallpox, circa 1870. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bubonic plague victims
Victims of the plague. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a Poussin painting

Medieval healing through prayer
Attempt to cure disease through the intercession of a saint, Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount, England, 1665
Burying dead bodies at Holywell Mount during the Bubonic plague, England, 1665. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

People fleeing London to escape the plague, 1630
Flight of townspeople into the countryside to escape the plague in England, 1630. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Smallpox inoculation using live vaccine from a calf
Vaccination using live virus in a physicians office during a smallpox panic, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Red Cross field hospital in Bohemia, 1866
Red Cross field hospital in a railway station in Bohemia, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Nurse treating a wounded soldier in a Civil War hospital. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Litter-bearers bringing wounded men to a Union army field hospital after a Civil War battle in Viginia, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Red Cross assistance for victims of the Johnstown Flood, 1889
Red Cross warehouse in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the first building erected after the great flood, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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