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Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling
Whipps Cross Hospital, EssexPart of Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area
Herne the HunterHerne the hunter hangs himself because his hunting skill has been taken in payment for the miraculous cure of a mortal wound. But every night he leads a spectral hunt
Whipps Cross Hospital, EssexEntrance to Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area
Lourdes - The GrottoStatue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Grotto, with believers praying beneath and hanging crutches testament to the miraculous cures achievers by those of faith at this sacred Christian site
Malvern Water Cure (2)(2 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Packing " Now this is what I call being jolly!"
Poster, Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1930s
Advert / Bread / Hovis 1895Hovis Bread - advertised as a cure for indigestion, as supplied to the Royal Family!
Malvern Water Cure (8)(8 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Sitz Bath and wet sheet 6o clock winters morn. " This is delightful, very!!!"
Long Drawn Out! by William Heath RobinsonA simple home cure for warts. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
Sebastian KneippSEBASTIAN KNEIPP Bavarian priest, promoter of hydropathy (cold water cure) and herbalism
Surgery Cures StupiditySATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: young mans stupidity cured by replacing straw head- stuffing with a brain!
Enos CockerelEnos Fruit Salts, a popular cure for digestive ailments throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries
The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, GermanyComic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron
Plants / Helleborus NigerBLACK HELLEBORE or CHRISTMAS ROSE used to cure mental afflictions since 1400 BC
Injured soldiers, WW1, 3rd Southern General Hospital, OxfordInjured soldiers - WW1 - No. 1003 Cowley Section - 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford. The importance of light and fresh air in aiding recovery was very prevalent in medical thinking at this time
Advert in Harness Eye Battery 1886Harness Eye Battery promises to cure weak eyes and restore failing sight. Date: 1886
Mothersills Seasick RemedyAdvertisement for Mothersills Seasick Remedy - recommended to stop train sickness. 1930
SNCF poster, Lourdes, designed by N Lucas. 1939
Tarantism Cure / 1877FRINGE CURES : Curing tarantism by dancing the tarantella
VIANNEYJEAN-BAPTISTE VIANNEY VIANNEY, known as the CURE D ARS - French priest, known for his good works and simple lifestyle, and for being horribly tormented by demons
Advertising / Ozone PaperSupposed cure for Asthma and Bronchitis
Vichy, France - BathroomVichy, France - Taking the healing waters - here the patient is wrapped up and then submerged within a superb enamel bath. Note the spectacular art nouveau tiling! Date: early 1910s
Vichy - Source Lucas spring at the spaVichy, France - Source Lucas spring water at the spa. Water Temperature recorded at 28 degrees. One of the many different sources in the Grande Palais des Sources at Vichy
Advert / Wind Pills / PagePage Woodcocks Wind Pills: invaluable for the cure of indigestion, liver complaints and biliousness
Obesity Caure 1890SThose who think and reason and use their common sense will take FIGUROIDS to cure their obesity. A hundred years later, the problem will still be with us
Neuro-Grey Medicine AdNeuro-Grey cure-all for headaches, loss of appetite and many other symptoms
Group therapy using hypnosis
Sinking of the Lusitania, poem by Baker and CureRMS LUSITANIA: Rare pamphlet entitled Sinking of The Lusitania, a poem written by Lewis O. Baker and R. W. Cure, extending over three pages. Date: circa 1915
Invalids at the Grotto of the Apparition, Lourdes, France Date: 1897
Caricature illustration of toothache cure, by Heath Robinson. Showing prehistoric man with string tied to tooth and tree stump, firing bow and arrow from top of a cliff
William Babington Maxwell (1866-1938) novelist and playwright, studio portrait in pinstripe jacket and tie. Captioned, The Author of "The Rest Cure": Mr W B Maxwell (Son of Miss Braddon)
Advertisement, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. Afraid to face traffic. Nerves in a terrible state and anaemia made her as pale as death
Morocco - Chemist with his stallA Native traditional practitioner of ritual medicine with a variety of dead animals, used to cure all manner of ills and ailments Date: circa 1930s
Great Plague of London of 1665Blaize, an apothecary, tests medicines to try and cure the plague Date: 1665
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred
Apparatus that Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933A cure for facial blemishes: The Siemens-Reinger apparatus, treatment by the means of X-rays anything from tiny warl to a widespread skin disease. Date: 1933
Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit in the sea - arthritis Date: 20th century
The Padre, adapted by Jose G Levy, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London, 22 May 1926, from Mon Cure Chez Les Riches by Andre de Lorde, Pierre Chaine and Clement Vautel
The Kurhaus - Wiesbaden, Germanycirca 1910s
Historical views of Germany. Germans hunting wild boar on horseback with hounds 58, rafts of timber floating on the Rhine river 59, and the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen 60
Treated Like Garden Shrubs - The Water CureThis is the way we are treated, as if we were garden shrubs - The Water Cure. 1870
This is what we call the cold fillip - The Water CureThis is what we call the cold Fillip - The Water Cure. 1870
They have invented a Rain Bath - The Water CureAs if there were not cruelties enough, they have actually invented a rain bath - The Water Cure. 1870
The Wet Sheet Promenade - The Water CureThe wet sheet promenade, waiting to be unwound - The Water Cure. 1870
The Ascending Douche - The Water CureThe ascending douche - Now sir, do sit still - The Water Cure. 1870
Steam Box Bath - The Water CureThe doctor says I shall enjoy the steam box bath - does it look like enjoyment? - The Water Cure. 1870
Jump Up, Its Six O Clock - The Water CureNow sir! Jump up, its six o clock, the sitz bath and the wet sheet are quite ready, and the doctor says you are to have the window open! - The Water Cure. 1870