Alternative Collection (page 3)

Radiation Treatment
The application of ultra violet light radiation treatment, applied to a hand using a modern machine. Date: early 1930s

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry

Unhelpful Phrenological assessment of a Park Loafer. Phrenologist (to Park Loafer) - " Now, you re full o Nerves, you are

Street Dealers in Leeches - Thessaloniki, Greece Date: circa 1916

Schoolboy suggest a game of ping pong to W G Grace
" I should like to play you at ping pong" !! A young schoolboy suggests a sensible choice of sporting contest when faced with the colossus of the cricketing world, Dr W G Grace

Gentleman takes a mud bath
Greetings from the Mud Bath! German Gentleman takes a mud bath to cure him of all aches and pains. Monacle optional... Date: circa 1900

Victoria Gradens & Homeopathic Hospital, Bromley, Kent Date: circa 1909

Water Therapy at Bourbonne-les-Bains, France
Water Therapy at Bourbonne-les-Bains - a commune in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France. A lady lies naked on her side

Homeopathy - Globules
The MANUFACTURE OF GLOBULES at the Homeopathic Central Pharmacy of Dr Wilmar Schwabe, at Leipzig, Germany Date: late 19th century

Homeopathy - Press
The HERB AND PLANT PRESS at the Homeopathic Central Pharmacy of Dr Wilmar Schwabe, at Leipzig, Germany Date: late 19th century

Cartoon - WWI Food Substitute Satire
Mummy duck says to baby duckling (closely examining a horseshoe): " Don t touch it dear, its a worm subsititute!" Date: circa 1915

Hermit of Warkworth
The Hermit of Warkworth (Northumberland) - the scene in the traditional ballad where the lovers approach the hermit

The Hermitage, Chester, Cheshire, England. This is an 18th century building, on the site of an Anchorite, or Hermits Cell, mentioned in records of 1363. Date: 18th century

Hammerblow Cure
In the Correges, France, there is a tradition that a child can be cured of certain ailments if laid on a black- smiths anvil and a mighty blow struck close to its head. Date: 1901

Chinese Pulse Therapy 2
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES The human hand, showing the points where the pulse of the blood flow can be accessed and used for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Birth Announcement
A card announces the happy arrival of Maurice Georges : mother and child are doing well (is there an alternative card for when they re not ?) Date: 1907

Voronof - Rejuvenation
Voronof experiments with his rejuvenation process on an old dog at the College de France Date: 1922

Escaping Monkey / 1932
Reluctant to participate in monkey gland rejuvenation treatment, a monkey escapes onto the roof of a hospital in Prague and defies captors for an hour Date: 1932

Chinese Pulse Therapy 3
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES Using the wrist-pulse of the human hand for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Chinese Pulse Therapy 1
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES The human body, showing the points where the pulse of the blood flow can be accessed and used for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Barefoot in the Dew
The joy of running barefoot in the dew... Date: 1912

A Daughter of Eve
A German Daughter of Eve Date: 1930

Malvern Water Cure (9)
(9 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. The Shallow Bath. " Ah, this, and the water can, is the best Doctor after all"

Malvern Water Cure (5)
(5 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Douche " Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!"

Malvern Water Cure (11)
(11 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Costume of the established, doing penance in the wet sheet

Malvern Water Cure (6)
(6 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Rain Bath " You must be shut in for 15 minutes Sir!"

Malvern Water Cure (4)
(4 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Ascending Douche " Now Sir, please to take a seat"

Malvern Water Cure (12)
(12 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Preparing for the packing. " Why my nearest and dearest friends wouldn t know me. I m a perfect mummy"

Malvern Water Cure (3)
(3 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Foot Bath " Doing penance in the stocks, for past transgressions"

Malvern Water Cure (7)
(7 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. First morning at the Water Cure (Bathman brings the wet sheet) " But I m sure I will get my death of cold"

Malvern Water Cure (10)
(10 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. A patient at the watering care, getting well drench d and wrench d and restored to health. Date: 1860

Borstal Institution, Borstal, Kent
The original Borstal Institution at Borstal in Kent, originally established in 1902 to provide an alternative to prison for young offenders aged 16 to 21

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

Beppu - Sand Baths at the Hot Springs
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Different ways of dealing with the scarcity of oil
Illustration by W. Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Gas-Driven Car
A rather unsafe looking gas- driven Calcott car with a huge Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof drawfing the car itself. Owned by Lady Idina Wallace.Hope she didn t smoke

Coal gas Motorcycle
Motorcycle and side car with children passengers, driven by coal gas during World War I

Pakistan Bolan Pass
Looking down the pass which runs from Sibi to Quetta in Baluchistan : the British- built railway offers an alternative to the mule-train on the road

The great railway strike, Stratford
Deserted railway track at Stratford. The station was at a standstill during the great railway strike. The strike took place in the last two weeks of September 1919

Bilz Sanatorium / 1898
Advert. for Bilz Sanatorium, for the natural method of healing

St John the Egyptian
saint JOHN THE EGYPTIAN hermit, depicted imparting wisdom to a pilgrim visitor (illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1495 edition of Vitas patrum )

Irish Fairy Doctor / 1859
An Irish peasant family is visited by the Fairy Doctor, believed to be able to cure afflictions that baffle the village doctor

Mother and sleeping child
A mother instructs her sleeping child with hypnotism to help it sleep

Hermit of Einseidlen
Hermit of Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Innocence Threatened
A virtuous French girl, on the way to her First Communion, encounters a Devil who offers her alternative suggestions

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

Nebuchadnezzar Mad
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, late in life suffers a mysterious illness which requires him to adopt a vegetarian diet, and his behaviour becomes animal like

Drinking Blood / France
Les buveurs de sang : sickly Parisiens drink fresh blood at the Abattoirs of La Villette

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