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Ernest King and other Marland Hospital Staff, including six male nurses. Reverse reads Ernest King is 2nd row centre. Charge Nurse Marland Hospital nr Rochdale, Lancs. Approx 1949. Date: circa 1949
Advert for Madame P. Rowleys Toilet Mask 1895Natural beautifier for bleaching and preserving the skin and removing complexional imperfections. Blemishes may be hidden imperfectly by cosmetics and powers
Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Wokingham, Berkshire, WW1Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bearwood, Wokingham, Berkshire. Date: 1917
Stretcher carrying technique, ARP training exercise during WW2
Giving treatment after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2
Syphilis treatment in the US Navy, 1920s projection slide
Syphilis treatment, 1920s projection slide
Dedication page to the King. Commentaires de Cesar, avec des notes historiques, critiques et militaires, by Count Turpin de Crisse. Volume I. Published in Montargis and sold in Paris, 1785
WW2 British First Aid PostAn illustration which shows a British WW2 nurse speaking with a boy at a first aid post, centres in which air-raid casualties will find treatment and comfort. Date: circa 1941
Elo Asbestos Panels AdvertisementAn advertisement for Elo Asbestos Panels Ltd. the photographs showcase an entrance hall and stairway that have been given the Elo treatment, with fireproof, damp and rotproof panelling
John Howard Convalescent Home, Kemptown, BrightonThe John Howard Convalescent Home, Kemptown, Brighton, Sussex Date: circa 1950
The Children's Terrace, St Thomas's Hospital, London Date: circa 1931
Emile AdvertisementAn advertisement for Emile, a leading ladies hairdresser salon in London, the image portrays the transformation of an attractive young woman, having had the Ultima treatment. Date: circa 1922
Waring and Gillow Chinese BedroomAn interior design illustration for Waring & Gillow, revealing a beautiful example of a Chinese Chippendale bedroom, a design of fantastic style and craftsmanship
Mr. Vernon-Ward's Treatment SalonsA photograph of the interior entrance hall which leads to Mr. Vernon-Ward's treatment salons, at Vere Street. The medical establishment had some fame for combatting obesity via fat reduction
RMS Titanic - compensation claim of Mrs HermanRMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Samuel Herman (1862-1912). Letter dated 7 May 1913 from the Public Trustee Office, Strand, London
Steel lung, Brompton HospitalSteel Lung at the Brompton hospital in London. Also known as a tank ventilator, iron lung or Drinker tank, is a type of negative pressure ventilator; a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a
Artificial light and TB patientsDoctors using artificial sunshine to help patients suffering from tuberculosis. This scene is at the Robroyston hospital in Glasgow. Date: 1925
Claxton ear cap advertAn advert for Claxton ear cap. Worn by babies and young children as they slept, this pink ribbon ear cap was ??for correcting and preventing the disfigurement of outstanding ears?
Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Date: circa 1905
Berger's Matone AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Lewis Berger & Sons, promoting Matone a treatment which makes walls beautiful, with a finish described as velvet-like, and thoroughly washable
Yadil AdvertisementAdvertisement promoting the use of Yadil for treatment of common colds, influenza, coughs, hay fever, sore throats, pneumonia, mumps, scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, typhoid fever
The Elizabeth Arden eye strap was made of soft rubber, and was intended to mitigate puffiness beneath the eyes. Date: circa 1932
National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, invitation for donations. Date: 1907
Advert, Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists, Cheltenham. Date: 1826
Advert, William Littell, Chemist & Druggist, Cheltenham. Date: 1826
Advert, J G Beavan & Co, Chemists and Apothecaries Date: 1826
Advert, Adair Medical Muscle Strapping Head BraceAdair Medical Muscle Strapping Head Brace. Date: 1907
Children were force-fed spoonfuls of castor oil for treatment of constipation. Date: 1939
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
Dental or Mental? by William Heath RobinsonA suggested method of tooth-extraction with a primitive contraption. Date: 1924
Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1929Eugene Permanent Wave, with a slightly fuller growth at the back and sides. Date: 1929
Interior of a new mobil van to treat toothaches and trench-gum, for the trenches, costing of £900 by the Civil Service Federation. Date: 1916
Advert for Perihel Mixry - Sunlamp 1940The Perihel Mixry, artificial sunshine to bring you heath and vigour. Date: 1940
BRITISH PRISONERSAfter the death of Mary I, Spain and England are continuously in a state of near-war : English prisoners taken at Cartagena complain of ill-treatment by the Spanish. Date: circa 1585
Cartoon, National Insurance Bill. Patient to GP: This treatment will be the death of me'. Doctor: (National Insurance Bill): I dare say you know best, but there is always a chance'
BLOOD DONATING DOCTORDoctor Corbin, of Bordeaux, gives his own blood to save a patient in danger of death Date: 1921
Production line - penicillin production Imperial Chemical Industries - 4 May 1944. Date: 1944
Apparatus for the Removal of the Double Chin 1927Fashionable beauty parlour, a Parisian lady wearing a special mask to achieve a Cameosque profile. Date: 1927
Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933
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, Man in bed, drinking from beer barrel Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Scotsman providing sea breezesComic postcard, Scotsman providing his wife with sea breezes on the cheap Date: 20th century
Woman Having her Hair Dried 1928A woman sits under a chrome-plated hair dryer, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928
Ray-Lamp Treatments 1928Strange metal Blinkers to achieve beauty: A client taking a Ray-Lamp treatment, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928
Comic postcard, Woman at the dentists Date: circa 1918
Mergamma pesticide advert, 1951I ve forgotten what a wireworm looks like! - a happy farmer in an advert for Mergamma, the double-action seed dressing, a pesticide from Plant Protection Ltd that controls soil
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden claiming to turn an appearance gone to pieces into loveliness. Date: 1939