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Bedridden Collection

Background imageBedridden Collection: Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool

Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool
The entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, near Liverpool. Uniformed soldiers stand at the gate on the left

Background imageBedridden Collection: A Good Turn - Get Well Soon

A Good Turn - Get Well Soon
A little girl reads a book with an invalid friend who is recuperating in bed. Date: c. 1930

Background imageBedridden Collection: Perfect Wives by Joyce Dennys The wife who had influenza too

Perfect Wives by Joyce Dennys The wife who had influenza too
Joyce Dennys on Marriage: Perfect Wives. No. 1- The Wife who had influenza too. Despite suffering herself, a woman ends up waiting upon her husband who has a serious case of man flu. Date: 1929

Background imageBedridden Collection: Dr Jim Ryan, mother and brother, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dr Jim Ryan, mother and brother, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dr Jim Ryan, with his brother and bedridden mother, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Jim Ryan was a Catholic GP who had patients on both sides of the sectarian divide. Date: 1969

Background imageBedridden Collection: Saint Romula

Saint Romula
SAINT ROMULA was a hermit in Palestine. She was paralysed and bedridden, but bore her infirmities with such patience that she earned the admiration of St Gregory the great. Date: 6th century

Background imageBedridden Collection: Visitors for wounded soldiers by Miss Watson Williams

Visitors for wounded soldiers by Miss Watson Williams
A set of four pictures - the pair on the left entitled, As Tommy Does Not Like It, showing some rather tiresome visitors - an aristocratic lady and a maiden aunt

Background imageBedridden Collection: Typhus Sufferers in Kniagin, Russia

Typhus Sufferers in Kniagin, Russia
Bedridden Typhus sufferers in the Russian provence of Kniagin. Date: 1891 - 1892

Background imageBedridden Collection: Wounded soldier dictates a letter to his Mother

Wounded soldier dictates a letter to his Mother, aided by a kindly member of the nursing team. Date: 1904

Background imageBedridden Collection: French Nurses 1930S

French Nurses 1930S
A matron and a nurse attending to bedridden patients in one of the wards of the Marie Curie Hospital, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Background imageBedridden Collection: Kirkpatrick Fleming Poorhouse, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Kirkpatrick Fleming Poorhouse, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
View of the Kirkpatrick Fleming Combination poorhouse, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The image is caption " Rest for the Weary" -- the poorhouse mostly catered for the elderly and the bedridden

Background imageBedridden Collection: Old Age / Bedridden Bath

Old Age / Bedridden Bath
An elderly bedridden patient is given a bed bath

Background imageBedridden Collection: Hospital Patient

Hospital Patient
A bedridden patient looks pleased with the attentions of the doctor, who is checking his medical records. The nurse in attendance prepares some medicine on her trolley


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