Surgery Collection

Cause & Effect - dentist cartoon by H. M. Bateman
Cause and Effect - or, how two moods can change places. A dental patient enters a surgery clearly terrified at what lies ahead of him, but such is his struggle

Nurses Watch Surgery
Nurses watch a surgical demonstration from a balcony

Medical / Amputation / Arm
Sawing off an arm

A mobile dental surgery, belonging to the French army
A French motor lorry has been converted to make a dentist laboratory, to care for the teeth of the soldiers. The adjustable seat can just be seen

Operating Table 1930S
A group of student nurses in theatre, observing a surgeon performing an operation

Medical / Amputation / Leg
Sawing off a leg

Testicle Growth Drained
Removing fluid from a large testicular growth

Castration 17th Century
A fearful patient is restrained on a low couch and castrated

Trepanner on the Job
The trepanner at work with his trepan

Artificial hand of Goetz von Berlichingen
Prosthethic hand and arm of Gottfried (Goetz) von Berlichingen (1480 1562), also known as Goetz of the Iron Hand, a German Imperial Knight and mercenary. Date: 1868

Sister and patient, Convalescent Police Seaside Home, Hove
A nursing sister and her patient in the surgery of the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex

Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of war
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

Barber-Surgeon at Work
A barber-surgeon treating a patient

Operation / Paris
Eminent surgeon Dr Doyen performs an operation at the Maison de Sante, Paris, watched by students and colleagues

Operation / Charing X
An operation at Charing Cross Hospital, London, watched by students and colleagues

Medical / Surgery / Amputati
Amputation of leg

Surgery. Ausculation and examination of patient. Illustration from 13th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

X-Ray, radium, surgery - the three recognized treatments for cancer Consult your doctor or health bureau. Poster promoting diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Date between 1936 and 1939

Cartoon - WWI - Haircut
A cartoon making light of the perils of life on the front line and the frequent need for surgical intervention to operate on soldiers

Before and after images of cosmetic surgery
Examples of cosmetic surgery carried out in Paris. The procedure was carried out under a local anaesthetic, typically cocaine

An operation screened live in a medical lecture
An invention by Mr Herbert A. Silver enabling medical students to watch surgery from the lecture theatre. A circle of electric lamps is suspended over the operating table while the image is projected

Vesalius Demonstrates
Vesalius demonstrating

Rhinoplasty / C16Th
Rhinoplasty: nose correction

Surgical Instruments / C18
Variety of surgical instruments

16Thc Dentist
A barber surgeon treats a patient in the open air

Lister / Begg / Iln
JOSEPH LISTER English surgeon, medical scientist and founder of antiseptic surgery

Setting a Bone 1682
Surgeons setting a bone, with the help of Michaults bone- setting apparatus

Operation / Lister Spray
Operation with Listers antiseptic spray in use

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - Surgery Waiting Hall
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - Surgery Waiting Hall. Date: circa 1907

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - An operating Theatre
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - An operating Theatre. Date: circa 1907

Dentists Surgery Date: circa 1900s

Dentist's Surgery early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Joseph Lister, taken in the late 1860s. Date: late 1860s

Dr Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe, French surgeon
Dr Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe (1799-1867), French surgeon Date: circa 1850s

surgical operation, Paris Date: 1925

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, originally a private enterprise with women teachers, closed to men. Date: 1907

Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florence's social standing to become

Florence Nightingale's carriage
The nursing carriage that accompanied Miss Florence Nightingale through the Crimean War. Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father

Interior of a new mobil van to treat toothaches and trench-gum, for the trenches, costing of £900 by the Civil Service Federation. Date: 1916

A new mobil van, to treat toothaches and trench-gum, for the trenches, costing of £900 by the Civil Service Federation. Date: 1916

Comic postcard, Doctor and patient Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Doctor and Scottish patient Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Doctor and nurse, operating theatre Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Doctor and patient - with a reference to the newly introduced heavier brass threepenny coin (the older, silver ones were lighter and smaller) Date: circa late 1930s

Comic postcard, Woman at the dentists Date: circa 1918

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

Tatler Weddings and Engagements page, featuring Miss Kathleen Greenwood, Captain M E Dennis and Miss Joan Graham and Miss Muriel Stevenson Woodrow 1930

Bas-relief of a gardener on the wall of Mr. Holylands stables, Gardiners Lane. Man in doublet and breeches holding a spade, dated 1670

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