Medical Collection (page 15)

Postcard design artwork - Obey your Doctor and your Nurse. A nurse approaches a sickly child bearing a LARGE bottle of medicine. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Doctor visits patient, wife misunderstands Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Women in street with boy Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl at the doctors Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man on the phone to the doctor Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Doctor, nurse and bandaged patient Date: 20th century

The night patrol of the London streets, 1853
The night patrol of the London streets. The figure of Death on horseback rides out of an overcrowded cemetery full of cholera victims

Motor ambulance interior Date: 1935

Horse-drawn ambulance Date: 19th century

Looking down Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Buildings highlighted (from left): Medical Arts Building, Rand Tower and Foshay Tower. Date: circa 1920

Muffled against the deadly bacilli in Manchuria, a doctor fully masked and a sanitary official, wearing a lint mask soaked in carbolic acid. Date: 1911

Comic postcard, Middle-aged woman and doctor - I ll come back when you re sober! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and doctor, misunderstanding Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Doctor visits sick man, wife misunderstands Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle-aged spinster and doctor Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Soldier joining the British Army, WW2 - medical examination Date: circa 1940s

The Old Kings College Hospital, Lambeth, London
circa 1910s

Advert for Beechams Pills, 1925 Date: 1925

Medical Officer directing the Medical Services
A Medical Officer directing the Medical Services of a London Borough. Date: circa 1941

WW1 era - RAMC Recruitment Tent
WW1 era - RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) Recruitment Tent. Date: circa 1916

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband

View over Dikkebus Lake, Dickebusch, Belgium
The name Dickebusch means hick forest and dates from the time that this area was dense woodland. The Germans never took the lake, although they reached the water in May 1918

The Two at Pervyse with Shot the dog memorial, Ypres
This memorial is in the garden of the Ariane Hotel in Ypres. The Two is the title given to two extrordinary British laidies, Elsie Knocker and Mairie Chisholm

Large group of nurses - WW1 era - Trainees?
A large group of possibly trainee nurses - WW1 era. Date: circa 1915

Cartoon, Doctors Differ! (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, Doctors Differ! Political rivals Gladstone and Disraeli have different ideas about the health of the patient (representing the country)

Papworth Colony - Model Cottages
Model cottages at the Papworth Tuberculosis Colony, established in 1918 as the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. Date: Date unknown

Papworth Colony - Hospital Ward
A hospital ward at the Papworth Tuberculosis Colony, established in 1918 as the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. Date: Date unknown

Papworth Colony - Open Air Chalets
Open air chalets at the Papworth Tuberculosis Colony, established in 1918 as the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. Date: Date unknown

St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate - Dormitory
Beds in a dormitory at the St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown

St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Dining Room
Tables laid for a meal in the dining room at the St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown

Birmingham Eye Hospital Out-Patient Ticket
A ticket which subscribers to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital could give to a prospective out-patient who would then receive free treatment. Date: 1892

Jaffray Hospital, Erdington, Birmingham. circa 1900

Dental clinic in Paris, 1892
Dental clinic in Paris, France, 1892. Date: 1892

New Ideas for using X-Rays for Medical use WWI
Used in the British, French and Russian military hospitals the Kompact, apparatus, to find foreign bodies in wounded soldiers

The Respirator for colds, cough, sore throat, etc
The Respirator for all affections attended with irritation in the air passages, as colds, cough, sore throat, asthma, consumption, etc. 1858

Alice Hart, philanthropist, artist and businesswoman
Alice Hart (1848-1931), British philanthropist, artist, and businesswoman, wife of Dr Ernest Hart, editor of the British Medical Journal. 1898

First voluntary ambulance service 1939
The first voluntary ambulance service, " All India", photographed soon after its formation in London by Indian doctors and medical students. The volunteers wear helmets and carry gas masks

Women of the River Emergency Service, September 1939
Women of the River Emergency Services standing in a line in full uniform, complete with helmet and scissors slung on a cord around thier necks

Line of female ambulance drivers 1918
Female Red Cross ambulance drivers standing in a line in front of their vehicles with their mascot, a great Dane. The Sphere describes Queen Marys specific interest in the role of women in the war

Women unloading van outside veterinary hospital 1918
Women photographed unloading a forage van outside a veterinary hospital in London, specialising in the treatment of injured horses

Robert John Thornton, author of New Family Herbal
Robert John Thornton (1768-1837), English physician and botanical writer, author of New Family Herbal: Or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine

King George V and Queen Mary at Perth Royal Infirmary
King George V and Queen Mary visiting Perth Royal Infirmary Hospital, Scotland, in July 1914. 1914

King George V and Queen Mary in Dundee, Scotland
King George V and Queen Mary in the Royal Carriage, visiting a group of nurses in Dundee, Scotland. 1914

Cartoon, Eccentric Behaviour of the GOM
Cartoon, William Gladstone and Dr Andrew Clark (his doctor), Eccentric Behaviour of the GOM [Grand Old Man] on board the Sunbeam - Hold Him! 1885

Portrait, The Late Mr Joseph Pope, The Doctor
Portrait, The Late Mr Joseph Pope, nicknamed The Doctor, who had served in India as a staff surgeon in the Royal Artillery. He died at the age of 49. 1885

Women queuing with their dogs for RSPCA advice, Sept 1939
A group of women queuing with their dogs for advice on pet safety from two RSPCA doctors. The Sphere informs the reader of clinics in London established by the RSPCA to offer information with regards

Nurse holding childs hand, looking in on an operation
Nurse holding childs hand in a hospital, looking in on an operation. 20th century

Advert, W & R Hatrick & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for W & R Hatrick & Co, Chemists and Druggists, Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

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