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FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743.1794), French chemist.
FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY Joseph Lister, Baron of Lyme Regis (1827-1912), British su...
FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY Joseph Lister, Baron of Lyme Regis (1827-1912), British surgeon.
Medical College, Baghdad and road building, medical classroom, Iraq, photograph September 26, - October 12, 1932.
Dewberry bramble, Rubus caesius. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora),...
Dewberry bramble, Rubus caesius. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Scorpion senna, Coronilla emerus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)...
Scorpion senna, Coronilla emerus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Records. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
Redstem filaree or common stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (P...
Redstem filaree or common stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Standing obstetrical examination as illustrated in the 1822 medical classic Nouvelles Demonstrations D'ACCOUCHEMENS (DEMONSTR...
Standing obstetrical examination as illustrated in the 1822 medical classic Nouvelles Demonstrations D'ACCOUCHEMENS (DEMONSTRATION OF NEW OBSTETRICS) by Jacques Pierre Maygrier (1771-1835) . The physician depicted is thought to be a portrait of Maygrier himself.
CAT (Computerized Axial Tomography) scan. Hospital de Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Euskadi, Spain
Galen (131-201 A.D.), Greco-Roman physician administering a medicinal compound, and a woman rubbing the mixture on her arm. 2...
Galen (131-201 A.D.), Greco-Roman physician administering a medicinal compound, and a woman rubbing the mixture on her arm. 20th century illustration by Robert Thom.
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most im...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Man picking basil. Miniature. Fol. 31r.
Large-flowered hemp-nettle, Galeopsis speciosa Mill. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures...
Large-flowered hemp-nettle, Galeopsis speciosa Mill. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
HISTORY OF MEDICINE. HISTORY OF MEDICINE Medical school library. Transfusion with dog. 1672.
Two young women in rehabilitation after polio. They were both in Iron Lungs and are now feeding themselves with the help of s...
Two young women in rehabilitation after polio. They were both in Iron Lungs and are now feeding themselves with the help of special equipment. Rancho Los Amifos Respiratory Center in Hondo California. Dec. 27, 1954.
Hops, Humulus lupulus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm...
Hops, Humulus lupulus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
ICM-Neurotrauma. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
Skylab 3 Astronaut Allen Bean on the ergometer, breathing into the metabolic analyzer. The experiment obtained information on...
Skylab 3 Astronaut Allen Bean on the ergometer, breathing into the metabolic analyzer. The experiment obtained information on astronauts' physiological condition in zero gravity. July 28 to Sept. 25, 1973.
Apple, Pyrus malus, with blossom, fruit, seed and branch. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pic...
Apple, Pyrus malus, with blossom, fruit, seed and branch. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Lesser marshwort, Apium inundatum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora...
Lesser marshwort, Apium inundatum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
The three great ancient teachers of medicine: Galen (Roman), Avicenna (Persian), and Hippocrates (Greek). Woodcut from an ear...
The three great ancient teachers of medicine: Galen (Roman), Avicenna (Persian), and Hippocrates (Greek). Woodcut from an early 15th century Latin language medical book.
TACUINUM SANITATIS. Manual de salud, datado antes del 1400, basado en observaciones de orden medicinal que detalla los aspect...
TACUINUM SANITATIS. Manual de salud, datado antes del 1400, basado en observaciones de orden medicinal que detalla los aspectos más importantes de los alimentos, bebidas y vestuario. "TRIGO DE INVIERNO". Utilidad: suprime el humor agrio. Inconvenientes: difícil de digerir. Efectos: produce pesadez en el cuerpo y estreñimiento. Folio 46 v.
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865), German-Hungarian physician, greatly reduced puerperal (childbed) fever by requiring doc...
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865), German-Hungarian physician, greatly reduced puerperal (childbed) fever by requiring doctors to wash their hands. His practices were accepted only in Hungary. In the rest of Europe his ideas were generally rejected until Lister's successful advocacy of antiseptic medical practice.
Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora...
Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
African American doctor placing patient in the correct position for taking chest x-ray for use in the diagnosis in 1937.
Emergency area. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
All male class of medical students receiving clinical instruction at George Washington University Medical School, in April 19...
All male class of medical students receiving clinical instruction at George Washington University Medical School, in April 1958.
American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natur...
American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by Turpin, engraved by Bozza, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.
Common ash, Fraxinus excelsior. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), ...
Common ash, Fraxinus excelsior. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Sweet cicely, Myrrhis odorata Scop. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flor...
Sweet cicely, Myrrhis odorata Scop. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
George Papanicolaou (1883-1962), Greek-born American physician developed a simple cytological test for cervical cancer in 192...
George Papanicolaou (1883-1962), Greek-born American physician developed a simple cytological test for cervical cancer in 1928. It was named after him, and is best known for its abbreviated version, 'pap test.'
Common bugloss or alkanet, Anchusa officinalis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of N...
Common bugloss or alkanet, Anchusa officinalis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Mathieu Orfila (1787-1853). Spanish toxicologist and chemist. Engraving. Royal Academy of Medicine. Madrid. Spain.
ICM, ICU (Intensive Care Unit). Hospital Universitario Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands...
ICM, ICU (Intensive Care Unit). Hospital Universitario Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
Common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora...
Common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY Guerin Editions. Complete treatise on human anatomy. (1866...
FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MEDICAL HISTORY Guerin Editions. Complete treatise on human anatomy. (1866/67). Arago François.
Painting on a ceramic tile representing a jewish family in the XI.c. during the Al-Andalus time. Córdoba province. Andalucia....
Painting on a ceramic tile representing a jewish family in the XI.c. during the Al-Andalus time. Córdoba province. Andalucia. Spain.
ICM-Neurotrauma. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa pastoris Med. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of No...
Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa pastoris Med. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Yellow star of bethlehem, Gagea lutea Ker., and Gagea minima Dum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flo...
Yellow star of bethlehem, Gagea lutea Ker., and Gagea minima Dum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 AD), Greek botanist and pharmacologist, wrote DE MATERIA MEDICA (REGARDING MEDICAL MATTERS), a tr...
Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 AD), Greek botanist and pharmacologist, wrote DE MATERIA MEDICA (REGARDING MEDICAL MATTERS), a treatise on plants and their medicinal effects that served as authority for sixteen centuries.
Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), St...
Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
England, Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon. A sightseeing tour bus outside Hall's Croft, once the home of Shakespeare's daugh...
England, Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon. A sightseeing tour bus outside Hall's Croft, once the home of Shakespeare's daughter Susanna.
Two adult women polio victims with leg braces adjust their crutches. They are at the New York Institute of Physical Medicine ...
Two adult women polio victims with leg braces adjust their crutches. They are at the New York Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation where they are undergoing a six month training program. Aug. 7, 1954.
Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), known as the 'Elephant Man', suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a congenital disorder. Bust portrai...
Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), known as the 'Elephant Man', suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a congenital disorder. Bust portrait engravings of Merrick were published in the British Medical Journal in 1886. He was portrayed by John Hurt in the 1980 film THE ELEPHANT MAN.
Rough hawksbeard, Crepis biennis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)...
Rough hawksbeard, Crepis biennis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Wire frame supports a muslin cloth cover placed over the patient's face while drops of chloroform are dripped on the cloth. T...
Wire frame supports a muslin cloth cover placed over the patient's face while drops of chloroform are dripped on the cloth. The wire frame without cover is shown on the left. From a 1896 text on anesthesia by Laurence Turnbull.
Quaking aspen tree, Populus tremula. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flo...
Quaking aspen tree, Populus tremula. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern F...
Great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Women cutting pig's trotters. Miniature. Fol. 78 r.
Jonas E. Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher who developed the first Polio vaccine, holding tray of test tubes. Ca....
Jonas E. Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher who developed the first Polio vaccine, holding tray of test tubes. Ca. 1955.
Watercress, Nasturtium aquatica. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora),...
Watercress, Nasturtium aquatica. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Red-leaved rose, Rosa glauca Vill. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora...
Red-leaved rose, Rosa glauca Vill. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
School principal, E. Joseph LaLiberte, waits for seven-year-old polio victim, Eddie Randolph in 1956. 1950s discovery of poli...
School principal, E. Joseph LaLiberte, waits for seven-year-old polio victim, Eddie Randolph in 1956. 1950s discovery of polio vaccines ended the devastation of the crippling disease.
Trepanned skull of a man. 21-35 years old. 3500-3400 BC. From Dojringe Mose, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen....
Trepanned skull of a man. 21-35 years old. 3500-3400 BC. From Dojringe Mose, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark.
Orpine or livelong, Hylotelephium telephium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Nort...
Orpine or livelong, Hylotelephium telephium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most im...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Farmers gathering beans. Miniature. Folio 49v.
CREVAUX, Jules Nicholas (Lorquin, 1847-El Chaco, 1882). French doctor and explorer. Departure of the expedition of the Colony...
CREVAUX, Jules Nicholas (Lorquin, 1847-El Chaco, 1882). French doctor and explorer. Departure of the expedition of the Colony Crevaux. Engraving.
Doctors are studying the mechanism of cough in a polio patient in an Iron Lung respirator. Rancho Los Amigos Respirator Cente...
Doctors are studying the mechanism of cough in a polio patient in an Iron Lung respirator. Rancho Los Amigos Respirator Center, Hondo, California. 1953.
ICM-Neurotrauma. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
Self-heal, Brunella vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), St...
Self-heal, Brunella vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Diphtheria antitoxin was made by inoculating horses with diphtheria bacteria, then bleeding the animals to obtain their blood...
Diphtheria antitoxin was made by inoculating horses with diphtheria bacteria, then bleeding the animals to obtain their blood serum. The serum neutralized the diphtheria toxin causing the patient’s symptoms.
England, West Yorkshire, Leeds. Front entrance to the Thackray Medical Museum, housed in a converted former Victorian workhou...
England, West Yorkshire, Leeds. Front entrance to the Thackray Medical Museum, housed in a converted former Victorian workhouse.
False tamarisk, Myricaria germanica. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flo...
False tamarisk, Myricaria germanica. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
MUSEUM OF MEDICINE. MUSEUM OF MEDICINE Photo essay. The Museum of Dr. Guislain to the north of the ´Porte Brugeoise´ quarter ...
MUSEUM OF MEDICINE. MUSEUM OF MEDICINE Photo essay. The Museum of Dr. Guislain to the north of the ´Porte Brugeoise´ quarter in Gand, Belgium. The building houses the oldest psychiatric hospital in Belgium. The museum is an important record of the history of psychiatry, of the beginnings of the discipline in the 19th century and of the life of Dr. Guislain himself, the first Belgian psychiatrist. A reconstruction of an electroshock therapy session.
Net-leaved willow, Salix reticulata, and dwarf willow, Salix herbacea. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Norden...
Net-leaved willow, Salix reticulata, and dwarf willow, Salix herbacea. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Viper's bugloss or blueweed, Echium vulgare. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Nort...
Viper's bugloss or blueweed, Echium vulgare. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Walter Reed (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician who proved yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes. During his first 18 years in t...
Walter Reed (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician who proved yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes. During his first 18 years in the Army he was a practicing physician at U.S. army stations in the Western frontier. Ca. 1870.
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most im...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking violets. Miniature. Folio 39v.
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Hunters with bow and arrow. The north wind to guide hunters. M...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Hunters with bow and arrow. The north wind to guide hunters. Miniature. Fol. 57v.
Complevimus Dietetica. 13th century. Codex 234, folio 165r. Incunabula with 11 medical treatises. Anonymous. Chapter Archive ...
Complevimus Dietetica. 13th century. Codex 234, folio 165r. Incunabula with 11 medical treatises. Anonymous. Chapter Archive of Tortosa. Catalonia. Spain.
Jove's beard, Sempervivum tectorum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flor...
Jove's beard, Sempervivum tectorum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)...
Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - ANYA HINDMARCH FASHION SHOW, CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW7 SOUTH KENSINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM, INTERIOR, ...
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - ANYA HINDMARCH FASHION SHOW, CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW7 SOUTH KENSINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM, INTERIOR, ALFRED WATERHOUSE
Scurvygrass or spoonwort, Cochlearia officinalis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of...
Scurvygrass or spoonwort, Cochlearia officinalis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
England, London, Lambeth. Out Patients Department hospital sign on exterior of the former Royal Childrens Hospital.
Fairy flax, Linum catharticum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), S...
Fairy flax, Linum catharticum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most im...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Peasant with her daughter gathering ears of maize. Miniature. Folio 48r.
Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stoc...
Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Nurse attend to a room full of polio patients in iron lung respirators. Rancho Los Amigos Respirator Center, Hondo, Californi...
Nurse attend to a room full of polio patients in iron lung respirators. Rancho Los Amigos Respirator Center, Hondo, California. 1953.
Milk vetch, Astragalus arenarius. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)...
Milk vetch, Astragalus arenarius. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Centaury, Erythraea vulgaris Wittr., and lesser centaury, Erythraea pulchella Fr. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilde...
Centaury, Erythraea vulgaris Wittr., and lesser centaury, Erythraea pulchella Fr. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Wolf's bane, Arnica montana. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Sto...
Wolf's bane, Arnica montana. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
The Apothecary. Two men approach a pharmacy as the druggist makes medications. 16th century German woodcut by Jost Amman.
Two women polio victims using chest respirators that free them from the iron lung. Both were stricken in 1953. July 16, 1955.
Frederick Banting and Charles Best, with a diabetic dog they kept alive through injections of the hormone insulin. The two we...
Frederick Banting and Charles Best, with a diabetic dog they kept alive through injections of the hormone insulin. The two were the first to isolate insulin in the pancreas, making its collection possible to treat diabetes. They are pictured in the University of Toronto laboratories of Scottish physiologist, J.J.R. Macleod, who would share the 1923 Nobel Prize with Banting.
Robert Koch (1843-1910), photographed with the first post graduate course given in Bacteriology in Berlin, 1891.
Mesmer, Franz Anton (Iznang am Bodensee, 1734, Meersburg, 1815). German doctor. Color Drawing.
Alpine enchanter's nightshade, Circaea alpina, and broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, Circaea lutetiana. Chromolithograph f...
Alpine enchanter's nightshade, Circaea alpina, and broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, Circaea lutetiana. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Meadow salsify, Tragopogon pratensis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Fl...
Meadow salsify, Tragopogon pratensis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Rock rose, Helianthemum chamaecistus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Fl...
Rock rose, Helianthemum chamaecistus. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), Civil War surgeon. She is the only known female physician to serve in battle during the ...
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), Civil War surgeon. She is the only known female physician to serve in battle during the U.S. Civil war. She is wearing her reformist dress, consisting of full length slacks under an abbreviated full skirt and uncorseted jacket. Photograph by John Holyland,ca. 1865.
Tufted saxifrage, Saxifraga cespitosa. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern F...
Tufted saxifrage, Saxifraga cespitosa. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), ...
Wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Thymeleaf sandwort, Arenaria serpyllifolia, mouse-ear chickweed, Cerastium vulgare, mountain stitchwort, Minuartia biflora, a...
Thymeleaf sandwort, Arenaria serpyllifolia, mouse-ear chickweed, Cerastium vulgare, mountain stitchwort, Minuartia biflora, and bog stitchwort, Minuartia stricta. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-184
Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flor...
Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
View of the Hospital for the Incurables, by Luca Carlevarijs (1667-1730) from Le Fabriche e Vedute di Venetia, 1703, Italy 18...
View of the Hospital for the Incurables, by Luca Carlevarijs (1667-1730) from Le Fabriche e Vedute di Venetia, 1703, Italy 18th Century. Etched engraving.
Mugwood, Artemisia vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Sto...
Mugwood, Artemisia vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Records. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain
Surgery, miniature from the fourteenth century romantic poem by Benedetto Moro, manuscript, France 17th Century.
Mezereon, Daphne mezereum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stock...
Mezereon, Daphne mezereum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Spain, Grand Canary, Las Palmas, Tejeda, El Centro De Plantas Medicinales, Recreation of old Pharmacy
Water soldier, Stratoites aloides. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora...
Water soldier, Stratoites aloides. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Aristolochia serpentaria or Virginia Snakewort, from Birthwort family, from Medical Botany, 1832, by William Woodville. Nativ...
Aristolochia serpentaria or Virginia Snakewort, from Birthwort family, from Medical Botany, 1832, by William Woodville. Native to eastcoast America
HISTORY OF MEDICINE. HISTORY OF MEDICINE 1846. Massachussets Hospital. Dental surgery and ether anesthesia.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), female surgeon, wearing the Medal of Honor she was awarded the medal in November 1865 fo...
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), female surgeon, wearing the Medal of Honor she was awarded the medal in November 1865 for her service in the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). Her usual Civil War era costume was trousers with an over dress. Later she would simply adopt men's clothing and was arrested several times for impersonating a man.
Long-headed poppy, Papaver dubium, and arctic yellow poppy, Papaver radicatum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder u...
Long-headed poppy, Papaver dubium, and arctic yellow poppy, Papaver radicatum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
SALK, Jonas (1914-1995). American medical researcher and virologist, discoverer of the polio vaccine in 1954.
Acupuncture points on the torso and leg of the human body. Acupuncture was based on the Chinese medical theory that stimulati...
Acupuncture points on the torso and leg of the human body. Acupuncture was based on the Chinese medical theory that stimulation by needles at specific points to restored healthy balance of the life force's flow along several channels (meridians). Wood engraving.
Medical treatments of the sick at the Medical University of Montpellier, miniature from The Surgery of Master Rogerius by Rog...
Medical treatments of the sick at the Medical University of Montpellier, miniature from The Surgery of Master Rogerius by Roggerio dei Frugardi or Rogerius Salernitanus, Latin manuscript, France 14th century.
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most im...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking tart apples. Miniature. Fol 9r.
MUSEUM OF MEDICINE. MUSEUM OF MEDICINE Photo essay. The Museum of Dr. Guislain to the north of the ´Porte Brugeoise´ quarter ...
MUSEUM OF MEDICINE. MUSEUM OF MEDICINE Photo essay. The Museum of Dr. Guislain to the north of the ´Porte Brugeoise´ quarter in Gand, Belgium. The building houses the oldest psychiatric hospital in Belgium. The museum is an important record of the history of psychiatry, of the beginnings of the discipline in the 19th century and of the life of Dr. Guislain himself, the first Belgian psychiatrist. Pharmacy.
European dodder, Cuscuta europaea. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora...
European dodder, Cuscuta europaea. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most im...
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Farmers harvesting almonds. Miniature. Folio 18v.
Mexican laborer carrying wild yams, cabezo de negro, in 1951, in a tropical rain forest. The plant is a natural source of the...
Mexican laborer carrying wild yams, cabezo de negro, in 1951, in a tropical rain forest. The plant is a natural source of therapeutic hormones traditionally used for women's reproductive health.
The Gage Accident plaque in Cavendish, Vermont USA which is part of scenic New England. This plaque is for Phineas P Gage kno...
The Gage Accident plaque in Cavendish, Vermont USA which is part of scenic New England. This plaque is for Phineas P Gage known as the Man With a Metal Rod in His Head ...On September 13, 1848 while working for the railroad Phineas P Gage suffered massive brain damage when a 3 foot long tamping iron was blown through is head. The most interesting part of the story is he recovered from the injury, but was mentally never the same
Kingcup or marsh marigold, Caltha palustris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Nort...
Kingcup or marsh marigold, Caltha palustris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
HISTORY OF MEDICINE. HISTORY OF MEDICINE Vaginal irrigator (for douching). Museum of Notre-Dame à la Rose Hospital in Lessine...
HISTORY OF MEDICINE. HISTORY OF MEDICINE Vaginal irrigator (for douching). Museum of Notre-Dame à la Rose Hospital in Lessines, Belgium.
Hospital ship, 'S.S. Hope' , 15,000-ton ship sailed from 1960-1974 with operating rooms, a pharmacy, isolation ward, radiolog...
Hospital ship, 'S.S. Hope' , 15,000-ton ship sailed from 1960-1974 with operating rooms, a pharmacy, isolation ward, radiology department, and training facilities. Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) continues health outreach in the 21st century.
Soft downy rose, Rosa mollis Smith. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flor...
Soft downy rose, Rosa mollis Smith. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik," 1802-1843.
Water violet or featherfoil, Hottonia palustris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of ...
Water violet or featherfoil, Hottonia palustris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738), Dutch physician, lecturing to his students, ca. 1715. He was among the first Europeans to prac...
Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738), Dutch physician, lecturing to his students, ca. 1715. He was among the first Europeans to practice clinical teaching of medical students.
Clinical Instruction in a Hospital by the Swiss Physician & Surgeon Johann Von Muralt in 1677 1931 Artist Unknown Print
Apollo 13 crew. L-R: Commander, James Lovell, Command Module pilot, Thomas Mattingly, and Lunar Module pilot, Fred Haise. Mat...
Apollo 13 crew. L-R: Commander, James Lovell, Command Module pilot, Thomas Mattingly, and Lunar Module pilot, Fred Haise. Mattingly was replaced by Jack Swigert for medical reasons. Dec. 11, 1969.
Common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Fl...
Common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).
Herman Tarnower (1910-1980) became famous for his Scarsdale diet, a high protein regime detailed in his best-selling book, TH...
Herman Tarnower (1910-1980) became famous for his Scarsdale diet, a high protein regime detailed in his best-selling book, THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET, 1979. He was murdered by one of his lovers, Virginia Harris, the headmistress of a prestigious girls' school, in 1980. Portrait, ca. 1950.
MUSEO SUBTERRANEO DE CRACOVIA (PODZIEMIA RYNKU). En él se exiben los restos arqueológicos medievales de la zona comercial de ...
MUSEO SUBTERRANEO DE CRACOVIA (PODZIEMIA RYNKU). En él se exiben los restos arqueológicos medievales de la zona comercial de la ciudad, a 4 metros bajo la Plaza del Mercado (Rynke Glowny). Detalle de un cráneo humano, con una trepanación realizada a un hombre de 40 años de edad. S. XI. Se cree que el tipo de trepanación fue de tipo terapeutica Por la cicatrizaciñon del hueso, parece que el paciente vivió varias semanas tras la operación. Cracovia. Polonia. Europa.
The human circulation system, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, authored by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (ca. 137...
The human circulation system, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, authored by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (ca. 1370-1423). The arteries are shown with the internal organs indicated in opaque watercolors. Ca. 15th or early 16th-century.
Two anatomical drawings from a Persian-language medical encyclopedia. Left figure shows a bloodletting points labeled on a bo...
Two anatomical drawings from a Persian-language medical encyclopedia. Left figure shows a bloodletting points labeled on a body. Right figure shows the venous system, with the internal organs colored with opaque watercolors and some of the veins labeled. Ca. 18th century, from medieval Islamic sources.
Figure with acupuncture points and meridian for stomach and foot disorders annotated with Chinese characters in a 1875 text. ...
Figure with acupuncture points and meridian for stomach and foot disorders annotated with Chinese characters in a 1875 text. Acupuncture was based on the Chinese medical theory that stimulation by needles at specific points to restored healthy balance of the life force's flow along several channels (meridians).
Sandinista Soldier Wounded in Fighting with Contras,A young Sandinista soldier tends to a comrade wounded in fighting against...
Sandinista Soldier Wounded in Fighting with Contras,A young Sandinista soldier tends to a comrade wounded in fighting against U.S.-backed contras in northern Nicaragua.
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