Patients Collection (page 19)

MAB First Ambulance
Side view of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals

Dr Barnardos Homes Hospital, Stepney Causeway, London
Patients and nurses in the hospital at the Dr Barnardos home for boys opened in 1870 at 18-26 Stepney Causeway, East London

Grosvenor Hospital for Women, London
Grosvenor Hospital for Women, Vincent Square, Pimlico Borders, London. The Gibbons Ward

Hospital in Foggia, Italy
The Umberto I Hospital in Foggia, Italy. The Maris de Nittis ward for male patients (possibly in this case soldiers)

Lunatic Asylum
LA SALPETRIERE Asylum founded in 1656, used especially for female patients, and later noted for the studies of hysteria by Charcot and others

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

Laying the foundation stone at St Marys Hospital
A sketch of Prince Albert laying the foundation stone at the Paddington site of St Marys Hospital. The site was a short distance from the terminus of the Great Western Railway

The Hanwell Asylum
A exterior view of the Hanwell asylum in north-west London. The asylum opened in 1831, on the outskirts of London. Patients were encouraged to become self-sufficient

A motor ambulance supplied by Carters, New Cavendish Street
A motor ambulance presented for service with the Russian cavalry, a Carters type 20 H.P. The ambulance could carry four stretchers and had accommodation for a nurse attendant

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

Transporting patients through busy London streets
Method of transporting patients before the introduction of ambulances. In 1905 a proposal was put forward to Parliament to establish and maintain a street ambulance service

The Red Cross ambulance steamer
The Red Cross steamer carrying patients during a smallpox epidemic to the hospital ships at Long Reach

Hospital carriage diagram
A hospital carriage used to transport fever and small pox patients. The carriage was thought to prevent the spread of infection when conveying the patient through the streets to the hospital

An ambulance bringing in patients from Cape Town
Sketches from a temporary hospital at Renzskies Farm, caring for patients of the small pox epidemic

A crawling experiment at the London Hospital
Crawling used as an exercise for the treatment of spinal curvature for patients up to the age of sixteen. It was administered three times a week for twenty minutes at a time

French Mental Patients
Three of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, Paris, cured with morphine - Mme Bau.. before and after treatment; Mme Fal.. in a state; Mme Gog... before / after

Princess Margaret 1953
Miss Isabell Thornicroft presented a bouquet to Princess Margaret, when she opened the Princess Margaret Hospital for Asian & Coloured patients, Salisbury, Rhodesia

Insanity / Hysteria / 1890
Hysterical patients at La Charite, Paris, being treated with hypnotherapy

British Wwi Ration Chart
A diagram showing the ample weekly rations for various classes of the population, including civilians, army, navy, hospital patients and prisoners

Hypnotised Subject - 4
Six hysteria patients at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, are simultaneously put into the hypnotic state by a sudden unexpected sound

Ozonised Air in France
Patients inhaling OZONISED AIR at an establishment at Saint- Raphael, in southern France : the ozone in seaside air was believed to be very good for you

Colney Hatch
Entertainment for the patients at the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch

J-M Charcot / Renouard
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background

Larbert Asylum / Scotland
The Larbert Asylum, Scotland. The communal dining hall

French Red Cross / 1908
Nurses of the French Red Cross, posing for a photograph with their patients, otside one of their tents at Casablanca, Morocco

ST. LUKEs HOSPITAL / 1810
St. Lukes hospital, London: patients in the gallery

Asylum of St. Anne / 1871
Female patients in the grounds of Sainte-Anne asylum in Paris

Insanity / Hysteria / 1881
Mental patient at La Salpetriere, going through the phase of large movements

Insane Patients
Mental patients in the grounds of a French asylum - almost certainly the Hopital Saint- Anne, on the outskirts of Paris

Salpetriere Photography
PHOTOGRAPHING THE PATIENT At La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, doctors working with Charcot obtain photographic documentation of hysteria patients in various states

Mesmer Glorified
Mesmer is crowned by a jester as he stands on a balloon inflated by his followers, including a cleric, calling down the power of the sun to cure his patients

Leprosy Treating Patient
Treating patients at Lambarene, Africa

Patient in Strait Jacket
Patient at Charenton in straigh jacket

Spa / LA Bourboule
Patients taking the waters at the buvette of the Etablissement Choussy at La Bourboule, in the Auvergne

French Mental Patients 2
Three of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, classed by him as lypemaniaque (term not in any dictionary !) The lower pictures show Mme Ball... before & after treatment

Mesmer and Patient
The father of one of his patients, by no means convinced of the efficacy of his treatment, tries to rescue her. Swoonings and the vapours ensue

Exorcism in China
In China, many patients are diagnosed as being possessed by a demon; so the doctor must also be an exorcist to drive the demon and the sickness out of his patient

Dementia Praecox
A patient suffering from catatonic dementia praecox, Kraepelins term for what is today classified as schizophrenia. The patient is acting out a private delusion

Anxiety Melancholy
A patient suffering from anxiety melancholy (melancholie anxieuse) and subject to groaning

Religious Melancholy
A patient suffering from religious melancholy

Esquirol Patient - 2
One of Esquirols patients, suffering from acute mania. After his treatment Picture 2 of 2

Esquirol Patient - 1
One of Esquirols patients, suffering from acute mania. Before treatment Picture 1 of 2

Sainte-Anne Asylum / 1871
Sainte-Anne asylum on the outskirts of Paris - the quarter for violent and insane patients

Tent Hospital / Flu Epidem
An exterior view of a tent- hospital. This one is in the gardens of the Beaujon Hospital, although many more were used to cope with all the flu patients

Medical / Insanity / Patient
The American patient James Norris in chains at Bethlehem Hospital, London

Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris
A scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients

Mental patients
Women mental patients at the hospital of Sainte-Anne, Paris

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