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Union Workhouse, Bedale, North YorkshireThe Bedale Union workhouse, erected in 1839 at South End, Bedale, North Yorkshire. Two ladies in large hats converse in the foreground
Ground plan, Carmarthen County Lunatic Asylum, WalesArchitects ground-floor plan of the Carmarthen Lunatic Asylum erected near Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1865 and designed by David Brandon
Castration 17th CenturyA fearful patient is restrained on a low couch and castrated
Comic postcard, Outside the builders merchants - man with bucket and toilet seat Date: 20th century
Frankincense, luban tree, or olibanum-tree, Boswellia sacra (Boswellia carterii). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley
St Bartholomews Hospital, London - The MuseumA view of the medical museum at St Bartholomews Hospital in the City of London. The room is packed with shelves and display cases containing medical specimens, most of them in glass jars
Infirmary - Havil Street, CamberwellIts the circular ward block for the workhouse infirmary, designed in 1889 by architect R.P. Whellock, and opened the following year at Havil Street, Camberwell
The Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota. Date: 1940s
William Eldon Tucker, rugby playerWilliam Eldon Tucker (1872-1953), Bermuda-born rugby union player for Cambridge University, St Georges Hospital, Blackheath and England. He later qualified as a medical doctor. 1890s
Communist China - training barefoot doctorsCommunist China - a military doctor trains three young women as so-called barefoot doctors, usually village-based farm workers trained in primary health care and basic hygiene, including acupuncture
Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban biologistCarlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), Cuban biologist noted for work on yellow fever. Date: circa 1900
Queen Charlottes Hospital, Marylebone Road, London NW1Queen Charlottes Maternity Hospital, Marylebone Road, London NW1. circa 1905
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills for Active Service, showing a man undergoing an army medical examination during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914
JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961). Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. Founder of analytical psychology. Oil
Sanitas disinfecting fluid advertisement, WW1Advertisement for The Sanitas Co. Ltd and Sanitas Disinfecting Fluid, indispensible in sick room and nursing wards for sponging the sick, washing wounds and sores
Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of IndiaHariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India
EUSTACHIO, Bartolomeo (1500-1574). Italian anatomist
Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy
Aerial view of Redhill Hospital, Hendon, MiddlesexAn aerial view of Redhill Hospital, Hendon, Middlesex originally opened in 1927 as the Hendon Union infirmary. The older building (below centre) was originally the Hendon Union school, erected in 1859
Empire Hotel, Lowestoft, SuffolkThe Empire Hotel at Lowestoft, Suffolk, opened in 1900. In 1921 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and reopened the following year as a hospital for tuberculosis patients
Combination Hospital, Greenock, Renfrewshire, ScotlandThe Greenock Combination Hospital was erected in 1906-7 on Inverkip Road, Greenock, to serve the combined burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow, and Gourock. It later became known as Gateside Hospital
Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, BristolBeaufort War Hospital at Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol - an area also known as Fishponds. The building was opened in 1861 as the Bristol Lunatic Asylum
Union Workhouse, Kings Norton, WorcestershireEntrance to the Union workhouse on what is now Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, south west of Birmingham. The building, designed by Edward Holmes, was opened in 1870
Bermondsey Military Hospital, LondonBermondsey Military Hospital operated during the First World War on the premises of the St Olaves Union workhouse at Ladywell, near Lewisham, in south east London
Union Workhouse, Hambledon, SurreyThe Hambledon Union workhouse, a building originally erected in 1786 for the united parishes of Bramley, Chiddingfold, Dunfold and Hambledon
Advert / Hood Liver PillsHoods Liver Pills
Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880
Advert, Atkinson & Barkers Royal Infants PreservativeAtkinson & Barkers Royal Infants Preservative, claimed to be the best medicine in the world, by royal appointment, with portraits of Queen Victoria and Princess Alexandra in their bridal dresses
The Queens Ward, Middlesex Hospital, London. Date: circa 1905
Vickers Vernon RAF air ambulance J7143 on an airfield. Date: circa 1925
The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, GermanyComic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron
WWI - Wounded soldier in the arms of his nurseWWI - Wounded soldier (who has lost his arm) in the arms of his nurse - Comrades in Arms. Date: circa 1917
Berrington Hospital, Atcham, ShropshireBerrington Hospital at Cross Houses, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The hospital was formerly the Atcham Union workhouse, and operated as a War Hospital during the First World War
St Mary Abbots Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, LondonIn 1847-8 the parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, south west London, erected a workhouse at the east of Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road)
City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress
City of London Infirmary, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clements Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse
Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, LancashireAerial view of the Langho Colony set up in 1906 by the Chorlton and Manchester Unions for the treatment of patients suffering from epilepsy
Union Workhouse, Ashton-under-Lyne, LancashireThe Union workhouse erected in 1849-50 at Chamber Hills, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, on what is now Fountain Street. The site is now Tameside Hospital
Camberwell Workhouse, East Dulwich, LondonThe administrative block of the Camberwell workhouse opened in 1895 on Constance Road, East Dulwich, south London. The building was designed by Thomas Aldwinckle
Maidstone Union Workhouse, Coxheath, KentEntrance to the Maidstone Union workhouse. Designed by John Whichcord, it was erected in 1836 on Heath Road in Coxheath. The site later became Linton Hospital
Union workhouse, Market Harborough, LeicestershireThe Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron
Three Counties Asylum, Arlesey, BedfordshireThe Three Counties asylum at Arlesey (misspelt on picture), near Stotfold, Bedfordshire, opened in 1859, serving Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire
Combination Poorhouse, Stonehaven, KincardineshireMain building of the Kincardineshire Combination Poorhouse, opened in 1868 on Woodcot Brae, Stonehaven, north east Scotland. It later became Woodcot Hospital
No. 2 (Battle) War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireStaff and patients in Ward A13 at the No. 2 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Battle School, Cranbury Road, Reading
Springfield Hospital, Tooting, SurreyAerial view of Springfield Hospital on Glenburnie Road, Tooting, near Wandsworth (then in Surrey, now in south west London). It was opened in 1841 as the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum
Union Workhouse, Fir Vale, Sheffield, YorkshireThe gates of the Sheffield Union workhouse at Fir Vale in South Yorkshire, with the workhouse porter standing behind. The workhouse, on Smilter Lane (now Herries Road), was opened in 1880
Newtown & Llanidloes Union Workhouse, Caersws, WalesA view of the Newtown and Llanidloes Union Workhouse at Caersws, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. The building, designed by Thomas Penson of Oswestry, opened in 1840
County Asylum, Newport, Isle of WightThe Isle of Wight County Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1896 at Sandy Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight. It later became the Isle of Wight County Mental Hospital and then Whitecroft Hospital