History Of Medicine Collection (page 4)

Anatomical illustration
2625724 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing of a Monkey by William Cheselden in Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones. (London: 1733).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Anatomical illustration
2625723 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawings by William Cheselden in Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones. (London: 1733).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Anatomical illustration
2625712 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by William Cheselden in Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones. (London: 1733).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Anatomical illustration
2625711 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by William Cheselden in Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones. (London: 1733).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Anatomical illustration
2625699 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by Jehan Cousin ("le jeune," or "the younger") in Livre de pourtraiture

Anatomical illustration
2625694 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by Jehan Cousin ("le jeune," or "the younger") in Livre de pourtraiture

Anatomical illustration
2625685 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by Jehan Cousin ("le jeune," or "the younger") in Livre de pourtraiture

The Anatomy of Human Bodies, 1698 (engraving)
2625657 The Anatomy of Human Bodies, 1698 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration from 'The anatomy of humane bodies' by William Cowper, (Oxford, 1698).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Anatomy of Human Bodies, 1698 (engraving)
2625636 The Anatomy of Human Bodies, 1698 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration from 'The anatomy of humane bodies' by William Cowper, (Oxford, 1698).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Anatomical illustration
2625631 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration from 'Vier Bucher von menschlicher Proportion' by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Nuremberg, 1528

The Canon of Medicine
2625211 The Canon of Medicine; (add.info.: The central text consists of the anatomical sections of the Canon of Medicine by Ibn S?n? (Avicenna)

Anatomical illustration
2625598 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by)

Anatomical illustration
2625596 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by)

Two alchemists distilling an Elixir, 16th century (engraving)
3329492 Two alchemists distilling an Elixir, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting two alchemists distilling an Elixir, during the Elizabethan Period)

Frederik Ruysch
2626864 Frederik Ruysch; (add.info.: Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) anatomist. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Thomas Wakley
3586365 Thomas Wakley; (add.info.: Portrait of Thomas Wakley (1795-1862) an English surgeon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
3586030 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin; (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829) a French pharmacist and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

James Young Simpson, 19th century (engraving)
3586167 James Young Simpson, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of James Young Simpson (1811-1870) a Scottish obstetrician. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Islamic treatise on surgery
2910548 Islamic treatise on surgery; (add.info.: Islamic treatise on surgery 12th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraving depicting a wealthy woman visiting her physician, 19th century
5309484 Engraving depicting a wealthy woman visiting her physician, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a wealthy woman visiting her physician)

Engraving depicting a private nurse tending to her patient, 19th century
5309445 Engraving depicting a private nurse tending to her patient, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a private nurse tending to her patient)

An engraving depicting Brompton Hospital, Fulham, London, 19th century
5310615 An engraving depicting Brompton Hospital, Fulham, London, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1844); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A woodcut engraving depicting Gentile da Foligno examining a sample of urine
5311638 A woodcut engraving depicting Gentile da Foligno examining a sample of urine. Gentile da Foligno (1280-1348) an Italian professor and doctor of medicine

An engraving depicting the collecting of sap from the Manna Ash (Fraxinus Ornus) - Sicily
5311621 An engraving depicting the collecting of sap from the Manna Ash (Fraxinus Ornus) - Sicily. The sweet substance was sold for food and also used in medicines, mainly as a laxative

An engraving depicting an operation to correct Strabismus (cross-eye), 19th century
5311415 An engraving depicting an operation to correct Strabismus (cross-eye), 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1886); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An engraving depicting Descartes' drawing of the human brain, 17th century
5311365 An engraving depicting Descartes' drawing of the human brain, 17th century; Universal History Archive/UIG.

An engraving depicting a glass eye-bath, 19th century
5311419 An engraving depicting a glass eye-bath, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An advertisement for Carter's Little Liver Pills, 19th century
5311235 An advertisement for Carter's Little Liver Pills, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1898); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A woodcut engraving depicting a blood-letting man, showing points of blood-letting connected with signs of the Zodiac
5311213 A woodcut engraving depicting a blood-letting man, showing points of blood-letting connected with signs of the Zodiac, 16th century; Universal History Archive/UIG.

An engraving depicting a doctor at the patient's bedside, 19th century
5311209 An engraving depicting a doctor at the patient's bedside, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1887); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A woodcut engraving depicting oak apples and gall wasp responsible for them
5310958 A woodcut engraving depicting oak apples and gall wasp responsible for them. These galls had various uses, including the dye for wool and ink (Aleppo galls)

Cartoon titled 'disappointment in store' depicts a man on his death bed being visited by his physician
5309485 Cartoon titled 'disappointment in store' depicts a man on his death bed being visited by his physician, 19th century; (add.info)

Engraving depicting a children's ward in a London hospital, 19th century
5309439 Engraving depicting a children's ward in a London hospital, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a children's ward in a London hospital)

Engraving depicting a country doctor making up a prescription, 19th century
5309354 Engraving depicting a country doctor making up a prescription, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a country doctor making up a prescription)

Engraving depicting the Selimiye Barracks Hospital, in which Florence Nightingale worked during the Crimean War between
5308539 Engraving depicting the Selimiye Barracks Hospital, in which Florence Nightingale worked during the Crimean War between 1854-1857; (add.info)

Portrait of Olof af Acrel (1717-1806) a Swedish surgeon. Dated 18th Century (engraving)
3078322 Portrait of Olof af Acrel (1717-1806) a Swedish surgeon. Dated 18th Century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Carl Anton Wetterbergh
3078129 Carl Anton Wetterbergh; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Anton Wetterbergh (1804-1889) a Swedish doctor and writer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Jean-Martin Charcot
3078440 Jean-Martin Charcot; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna
2625213 The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna; (add.info.: The central text consists of the anatomical sections of the Canon of Medicine by Avicenna)

Anatomical illustration
2625708 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by William Cheselden in Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones. (London: 1733).); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Visual acuity diagrams
2625120 Visual acuity diagrams; (add.info.: Visual acuity diagrams from the ophthalmological manual written in Egypt towards the end of the 14th century by ?adaqah ibn Ibr?h?m al-Shadhil?)

Anatomical illustration
2625664 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing by Jehan Cousin ("le jeune," or "the younger") in Livre de pourtraiture

Anatomical illustration
2625630 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration from 'Vier Bucher von menschlicher Proportion' by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Nuremberg, 1528

Anatomical illustration
2625576 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by)

Anatomical illustration
2625574 Anatomical illustration; (add.info.: Anatomical drawing from Tibb al-Akbar (Akbar's Medicine) by Muhammad Akbar, known as Muhammad Arzani (d)

Essay on phlebotomy, or bloodletting in 12th century, 18th century (manuscript)
2625387 Essay on phlebotomy, or bloodletting in 12th century, 18th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The opening of an essay on phlebotomy, or bloodletting, by Ibn al-Tilmdh)

Dental keys for tooth extraction
2625328 Dental keys for tooth extraction; (add.info.: Illustration of dental keys for tooth extraction. Savigny's catalogue of surgery implements, circa 1798.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Samuel Hahnemann in 1840 (engraving)
2625321 Samuel Hahnemann in 1840 (engraving); (add.info.: Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) who was a German physician and the founder of Homeopathy. Satiric print by Ch

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The history of medicine is a fascinating journey through time, filled with peculiar practices and groundbreaking discoveries. In the medieval era, physicians relied on the bizarre urine wheel to diagnose illnesses, believing that different colors and odors indicated specific diseases. The haunting image of the plague doctor in 17th-century artwork reminds us of the devastating Black Death that ravaged Europe, while trepanation depicted in 14th-century art showcases an ancient surgical technique involving drilling holes into the skull. Satirical artwork from centuries ago humorously portrays barber-surgeons performing surgeries alongside their usual hair-cutting duties. A medical zodiac diagram from the 15th century reveals how astrological signs were once believed to influence health conditions. Moving forward to France in the 18th century, we encounter another depiction of a plague doctor donning a beaked mask as protection against contagious diseases. Even prescriptions did not escape satire; satirical artworks mockingly portrayed doctors prescribing absurd remedies for various ailments. Notable figures like Louis Pasteur revolutionized medicine by discovering germ theory and developing vaccines against deadly diseases like rabies. Artistic representations also shed light on medical research throughout history. "The Research" by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida captures scientists tirelessly studying under dim candlelight, symbolizing their relentless pursuit of knowledge. Amidst these historical moments are depictions of everyday life: an artwork showcasing a rat flea transmitting the Black Death highlights one aspect of this devastating pandemic's impact on society, while satirical illustrations reveal comical attempts at treating foot corns or exploring animal magnetism – an outdated belief in healing powers transferred between humans and animals. As we delve into the captivating history of medicine through art and artifacts, it becomes evident how far humanity has come in understanding and combating illness. From peculiar practices rooted in superstition to groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs, our journey through medical history continues to shape modern healthcare practices today.