Medicine 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

Pinel releasing mental patients from shackles in France, 1796
Philippe Pinel releasing mental patients at La Salpetriere from their bonds, 1796. Hand-colored 19th-century halftone reproduction of a painting

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

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine
Greek physician Hippocrates. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration of a bust

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

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Sioux brave heralding the sunrise. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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

Strait jacket used on a mentally ill patient
Insane asylum use of the strait jacket to restrain patients, New York City, 1870s. 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

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Great mortality amoung the Wampanoags due to smallpox, colonial Massachusetts, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

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

Shops in a medieval French town
Apothecary, barber, furrier, and tailor shops along a street in the 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in Oregon, 1840s
Narcissa Whitman nursing a sick Native American during the Whitmans missionary expedition, 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Louis Pasteur supervising an inoculation for hydrophobia (rabies), 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

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Clara Barton at her writing desk, 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

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

Blackwells Island Lunatic Asylum, New York City, 1860s
Patients in the yard of Blackwells Island Lunatic Asylum, New York harbor, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pharmacy at Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Pharmacy at Fort Howard, US Army outpost on the Wisconsin frontier in the early 1800s, Heritage Hill, Green Bay. Photograph

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Native American shaman using pictures on a buffalo robe to cure a young mans illness. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native American medicine-man treating a patient with chants and potions. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Fire ceremony among southeastern Native Americans
Ceremony of Native Americans in the southeast involving a fire ritual, 1500s. 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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Chinese-American pharmacist weighing medicines in a Chinatown drugstore, San Francisco, 1890s Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Sioux warriors making medicine-ponies. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington Illustration

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Alexander Graham Bell and associate using induction to locate the bullet in President Garfield, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Medicines of the 18th century recreated at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Medicine dance of Native Americans inside a longhouse. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

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Sioux leaders ceremonially facing the setting sun, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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Clara Barton memorial at Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland. Digital photograph

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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

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Wounded troops transported by train after the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, 1862, American Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Richmond citizens taking care of wounded Confederates
Wounded from the Battle of Seven Pines brought into Richmond, Virginia, 1862. 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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