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Dr Barnardos Homes Hospital, Stepney Causeway, LondonPatients 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, LondonGrosvenor Hospital for Women, Vincent Square, Pimlico Borders, London. The Gibbons Ward
Hospital in Foggia, ItalyThe Umberto I Hospital in Foggia, Italy. The Maris de Nittis ward for male patients (possibly in this case soldiers)
Lunatic AsylumLA 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 abBroadmoor 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 HospitalA 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 AsylumA 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 StreetA 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 EgyptScene 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 streetsMethod 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 steamerThe Red Cross steamer carrying patients during a smallpox epidemic to the hospital ships at Long Reach
Hospital carriage diagramA 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 TownSketches from a temporary hospital at Renzskies Farm, caring for patients of the small pox epidemic
A crawling experiment at the London HospitalCrawling used as an exercise for the treatment of spinal curvature for patients up to the age of sixteen. It was administered three times a week for twenty minutes at a time
French Mental PatientsThree of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, Paris, cured with morphine - Mme Bau.. before and after treatment; Mme Fal.. in a state; Mme Gog... before / after
Princess Margaret 1953Miss Isabell Thornicroft presented a bouquet to Princess Margaret, when she opened the Princess Margaret Hospital for Asian & Coloured patients, Salisbury, Rhodesia
Insanity / Hysteria / 1890Hysterical patients at La Charite, Paris, being treated with hypnotherapy
British Wwi Ration ChartA diagram showing the ample weekly rations for various classes of the population, including civilians, army, navy, hospital patients and prisoners
Hypnotised Subject - 4Six hysteria patients at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, are simultaneously put into the hypnotic state by a sudden unexpected sound
Ozonised Air in FrancePatients 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
Colney HatchEntertainment for the patients at the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch
J-M Charcot / RenouardJEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background
Larbert Asylum / ScotlandThe Larbert Asylum, Scotland. The communal dining hall
French Red Cross / 1908Nurses of the French Red Cross, posing for a photograph with their patients, otside one of their tents at Casablanca, Morocco
ST. LUKEs HOSPITAL / 1810St. Lukes hospital, London: patients in the gallery
Asylum of St. Anne / 1871Female patients in the grounds of Sainte-Anne asylum in Paris
Insanity / Hysteria / 1881Mental patient at La Salpetriere, going through the phase of large movements
Insane PatientsMental patients in the grounds of a French asylum - almost certainly the Hopital Saint- Anne, on the outskirts of Paris
Salpetriere PhotographyPHOTOGRAPHING THE PATIENT At La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, doctors working with Charcot obtain photographic documentation of hysteria patients in various states
Mesmer GlorifiedMesmer is crowned by a jester as he stands on a balloon inflated by his followers, including a cleric, calling down the power of the sun to cure his patients
Leprosy Treating PatientTreating patients at Lambarene, Africa
Patient in Strait JacketPatient at Charenton in straigh jacket
Spa / LA BourboulePatients taking the waters at the buvette of the Etablissement Choussy at La Bourboule, in the Auvergne
French Mental Patients 2Three of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, classed by him as lypemaniaque (term not in any dictionary !) The lower pictures show Mme Ball... before & after treatment
Mesmer and PatientThe father of one of his patients, by no means convinced of the efficacy of his treatment, tries to rescue her. Swoonings and the vapours ensue
Exorcism in ChinaIn China, many patients are diagnosed as being possessed by a demon; so the doctor must also be an exorcist to drive the demon and the sickness out of his patient
Dementia PraecoxA patient suffering from catatonic dementia praecox, Kraepelins term for what is today classified as schizophrenia. The patient is acting out a private delusion
Anxiety MelancholyA patient suffering from anxiety melancholy (melancholie anxieuse) and subject to groaning
Religious MelancholyA patient suffering from religious melancholy
Esquirol Patient - 2One of Esquirols patients, suffering from acute mania. After his treatment Picture 2 of 2
Esquirol Patient - 1One of Esquirols patients, suffering from acute mania. Before treatment Picture 1 of 2
Sainte-Anne Asylum / 1871Sainte-Anne asylum on the outskirts of Paris - the quarter for violent and insane patients
Tent Hospital / Flu EpidemAn exterior view of a tent- hospital. This one is in the gardens of the Beaujon Hospital, although many more were used to cope with all the flu patients
Medical / Insanity / PatientThe American patient James Norris in chains at Bethlehem Hospital, London
Scene at La Salpetriere in ParisA scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients
Mental patientsWomen mental patients at the hospital of Sainte-Anne, Paris