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Chinese Acupuncturechart
CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE CHART showing the crucial locations on the body

Pharmacy of the Future
EMIL ADOLF VON BEHRING German bacteriologist who won Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1901

Benzaiten or Benten
Alternative names for the goddess of grace and beauty, the tutelary genius of the island of Enoshima, the type of ideal womanhood

Malvern Water Cure (2)
(2 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Packing " Now this is what I call being jolly!"

Acupuncture in 17th Cent
Travellers in the East bring back accounts of different medical processes : this Chinese diagram of acupuncture points is published in a German scientific journal

Homeopathic Cocoa
The manufacturers of Crunchie bars venture into alternative medicine with HOMAEOPATHIC COCOA. If it is diluted like homeopathic remedies, it can t have much taste !

Malvern Water Cure (8)
(8 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Sitz Bath and wet sheet 6o clock winters morn. " This is delightful, very!!!"

Acupuncture
ACUPUNCTURE The Meridian of the Large Intestine

Radiation Therapy / 1928
A group of young boys, wearing protective goggles are subjected to radiation therapy, using ultra violet light

John Wyclif and the Lollards
John Wyclif, Christian theologian and reformer, sending out some of his followers, known as Lollards, on their teaching missions

A group of three transvestites
Three transvestite ladies in suits and smart hats stand arm-in-arm

Remedial Gymnastics
Diagram to show methods of curative gentle exercise

Chinese Acupuncture Char
An ancient Chinese acupuncture chart

Tobacco farm in Norfolk
Tobacco workers at Major J. F. Whitmores farm at Methwold in Norfolk, loading leaves onto a specially constructed cart. The female workers can be seen wearing a more practical alternative to

Tarantism Cure / 1877
FRINGE CURES : Curing tarantism by dancing the tarantella

Acupuncture
ACUPUNCTURE The Meridian of the Heart

Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise
Chad, Central Africa - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this

German Nudist Beach
AT THE FREIBAD Scene on a German popular beach where a relaxed attitude is taken to dress codes Date: 1920s

BLACKS ON THE BEACH
Habitues of la plage nudiste (though only a few are totally bare) are shocked when they are joined by a black couple. Date: 1932

BATHING IN THE SUN
Young women bathing in the sunshine and fresh air Date: 1905

L. N. E. R. Camping Coach - accomodates six persons
L.N.E.R. Camping Coach - accomodates six persons and equipped with every requisite for a camping holiday. A rent of 3 a week in high season... Date: 1930s

Annie Benham, a Romany traveller
A portrait of Annie Benham, a Romany traveller pictured in the Dorset Downs. Date: 1939

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport, in November 1977

Ken Livingstone with Adrian Edmonson and Rik Mayall
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician (centre). Seen here Adrian Edmondson (Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson)

Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter, and political activist
The singer, songwriter, alternative rock musician and left-wing political activist Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, b 1957). Seen here singing and playing an electric guitar. Date: circa 1980s

A Civil Guard Parade on a tiered building at their barracks, Spain, 1936. This was deemed a necessary alternative to drilling on the middle of the parade ground

A family of savages living at Nymet Rowland in North Devon, England, chatting with a civilised visitor. Date: 1871

Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

A German Fakir - man undergoing extreme accupuncture
A German Fakir - man undergoing extreme acupuncture through his neck and tongue - c.1920s

Humorous Proverb
Proverbs Illustrated. Half a Loaf is Better than No Bread. Alternative to Half a Loaf is Better Than None. Artist: Sydney Carter. Date: circa 1905

Trying to sell British soldiers swagger sticks
Very good, very nice sticks -- two Egyptian street traders try to sell British soldiers sticks or riding crops, while an elderly Jewish trader holds up a flag of the Allies

Artists impression of an idea under consideration of the French Government - aeroplanes with invisible wings, to make them difficult to be spotted by the German Air Force pilots

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy C. 1 9Q-COE
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy C.1 9Q-COE (msn 6778, ex XP446), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Allopathy - Homeopathy - Hydropathy - the options available in the 1850s Date: 1853

Valentine Zodiac Card for August Virgo Date: 1910

Sci Fi - Apartment City

Joseph Salomonson of Amsterdam The Apostle of Natural Life
Date: 1906

DEAD CATS IN BUTCHERS
A butcher, planning to use cat meat as a cheap alternative, tells a distraught cat owner: No madame, I have no idea where your pet cat can have got to! Date: 1870

GARGLING AREA IN HOSPITA
Vichy: Le Gargarisme; the gargling area in a French hospital Date: 1910

FRENCH COUNTRY HEALER
A French country guerisseur (= healer) with a young patient Date: 19th century

MEDICAL / ALTERNATIVE
Medicine ponies of the Sioux Date: 1890

Alternative medicine: Native American healer
Native American medicine man from the Blackfoot tribe. Date: 1830

MEDICAL / MASSAGE
Japanese Masseur Date: 1896

Radiation Therapy
A circle of young boys wearing protective goggles, are subjected to radiation therapy, using ultra violet light. Date: early 1930s

Romanian Naturists
Romanian naturists discover an indiscreet cameraman from Prague filming them, and attack him indignantly Date: 1936

Four Girls on a Log
Four German girls float on a log Date: 1930

William Buckley
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, sent to Australia as a convict, who preferred to live with the aboriginals, becoming known as The Wild White Man

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