Images Dated 7th December 2011

Phrenological model of personality traits

Phrenology model of the locations of the "various organs of mind" in the human head, c. 1890.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1880s, 1890, 1890s, 19th Century, American, Art, Behavioral Science, Brain, Emotion, Head, Historic, History, Human Head, Illustration, Mentality, North America, Personality, Phrenology, Pseudo Science, Psychology, Science, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage

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

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1800s, 1846, 19th Century, American, Anesthesia, Anesthetic, Art, Boston, Cf Hayward, Dentist, Doctor, Ether, H Bigelow, Historic, History, Hospital, Illustration, John Warren, Mason Warren, Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical, Medical Treatment, Medicine, North America, Patient, Physician, Sd Townsend, Surgeon, Surgery, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, William Morton, Wtg Morton

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

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1700s, 1796, 18th Century, Abnormal Psychology, Art, Asylum, Behavioral Science, France, French, Historic, History, Illustration, Insane, Insane Asylum, Insanity, La Salpetriere, Lunatic, Medical Treatment, Medicine, Mental Illness, Mental Patient, Mentally Ill, Patient, Philippe Pinel, Pinel, Psychology, Reform, Reformer, Science, Traditional, Vintage