Patients Collection (page 7)

Body-Straighteners
A choice of halters designed to straighten the backs and shoulders of patients inclined to curvature of the spine, rounded shoulders and other deformities. Date: 1900

Wheelchairs &c
Two wheelchairs, one for patients who can sit up, the other for those who need their legs raised : and Triumph lounger for those who need to take things really easy... Date: 1900

CRAZY JANE
A wandering madwoman, doubtless driven out of her mind by some faithless man who trifled with her affections... Date: early 19th century

Hospital, Chicago
Cook County Hospital is staffed by 64 house and 68 attending physicians, and 400 nurses, treating over 4000 charity patients. Date: 1916

Charles Coutela
CHARLES COUTELA French ophthalmologist, one of whose patients was Claude Monet, photographed in 1934. Date: 1876 - 1969

Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses, WW1
Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses during the First World War. They are in a corridor of the University of Vienna, which has been converted into a hospital ward. Date: 1914

Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Machynlleth
The Edward VII Memorial Hospital at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. The hospital, located in the former Machynlleth Union workhouse, opened in 1920 for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients

Central London Sick Asylum, Hendon
Interior of the Central London Sick Asylum opened in 1898 at Hendon, Middlesex. Later known as Hendon Infirmary and Colindale Hospital, it was a treatment centre for tuberculosis (TB) patients

Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire
Exterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown

WWI nurse and patient by George Ranstead
Drawing depicting a World War I nurse appearing to be lectured by a patient wearing a suit and slippers, although maybe hes just enthusiastically conveying his appreciation

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

Hysterical Mental / 1876
Mental patient exhibiting hysterical contraction of the arm, whilst in hospital bed Date: 1876

Dr Zander / Posture / 1897
Dr Zanders apparatus for improving posture, demonstrated by one of his patients Date: 1897

Blood Letting C17 Woman
Blood letting a woman patient Date: 17th century

Hospital shelters at South Wharf, Rotherhithe, London
View of hospital shelters at South Wharf, Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, south east London, where smallpox patients waited before being transported down the Thames to hospital ships moored at Long

Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross
Scene inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross. Along with two other river ambulances it was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese Cross
View of the river ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross and Maltese Cross. They were operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

Childrens Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary
A childrens ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The children sleep in metal-framed cots

Union Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire
The Wigan Union infirmary, Upholland Road, Wigan - an unusual composite of two photographs. The infirmary, later known as Billinge Hospital

Pierrots at Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire
The Blackwites pierrot troupe at the Langho Colony in 1925. The colony, at Langho in Ribblesdale, Lancashire, was set up in 1906 by the Chorlton

Manchester Union Ambulances
The Manchester Unions fleet of ambulances used for the transport of patients to and from its institutions

Woman and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a woman in overalls discussing a game of chess with three patients in a hospital ward

Nurse and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse taking a patients temperature with a thermometer

Patients in cafeteria, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing five patients in the cafeteria enjoying a hot meal served by a catering lady

Patients relaxing at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing patients relaxing with visitors in a rest room. One patient has his leg in plaster, and is watching television

Nurse, doctor and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse (probably matron) and a doctor attending to a patient

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

Nurses and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with two nurses attending to a patient

Nurse and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a nurse with two patients in a rest room

King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales
Staff and patients at the entrance to The King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales. The hospital was formerly the Tregaron Union workhouse, erected in 1876, on Dewi Road, Tregaron

MAB Ambulance Interior, London
Interior of one of the ambulances operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in around 1930, showing a patient lying on a bed and a nurse sitting at his side

King George V Sanatorium, Godalming, Surrey
Aerial view of the 230-bed King George V Sanatorium between Milford and Hydestile near Godalming in Surrey. It was established in 1922 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as part of their expanding

MAB Ambulance, London
One of the ambulances operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in around 1930. At that date, the MAB was the largest user of civil ambulance services in the world with a fleet of 150 vehicles

South Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, South London
A porter at the entrance to the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell, South London. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients

MAB First Ambulance
Side view of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals

Dr Barnardos Homes Hospital, Stepney Causeway, London
Patients and nurses in the hospital at the Dr Barnardos home for boys opened in 1870 at 18-26 Stepney Causeway, East London

Grosvenor Hospital for Women, London
Grosvenor Hospital for Women, Vincent Square, Pimlico Borders, London. The Gibbons Ward

Hospital in Foggia, Italy
The Umberto I Hospital in Foggia, Italy. The Maris de Nittis ward for male patients (possibly in this case soldiers)

Lunatic Asylum
LA SALPETRIERE Asylum founded in 1656, used especially for female patients, and later noted for the studies of hysteria by Charcot and others

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

Laying the foundation stone at St Marys Hospital
A sketch of Prince Albert laying the foundation stone at the Paddington site of St Marys Hospital. The site was a short distance from the terminus of the Great Western Railway

The Hanwell Asylum
A exterior view of the Hanwell asylum in north-west London. The asylum opened in 1831, on the outskirts of London. Patients were encouraged to become self-sufficient

A motor ambulance supplied by Carters, New Cavendish Street
A motor ambulance presented for service with the Russian cavalry, a Carters type 20 H.P. The ambulance could carry four stretchers and had accommodation for a nurse attendant

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

Transporting patients through busy London streets
Method of transporting patients before the introduction of ambulances. In 1905 a proposal was put forward to Parliament to establish and maintain a street ambulance service

The Red Cross ambulance steamer
The Red Cross steamer carrying patients during a smallpox epidemic to the hospital ships at Long Reach

Hospital carriage diagram
A hospital carriage used to transport fever and small pox patients. The carriage was thought to prevent the spread of infection when conveying the patient through the streets to the hospital

An ambulance bringing in patients from Cape Town
Sketches from a temporary hospital at Renzskies Farm, caring for patients of the small pox epidemic

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