Vintage medical

In the 19th Century, posing with and taking photographs of dead loved ones was a common occurrence, allowing people to have a keepsake of th...

Tightfisted Medical Equipment Exhibition #MedicalCare #MedicalSuppliesForNurses

An appreciative and varied trove of things historical, medical, and unusual.

Severe leprosy in 13-year-olds, extreme facial tumours and syphilitic pustules on the feet of a baby ... a new collection of old medical illustrations is eye-poppingly grotesque

Vintage irrigating syringes. 8"-9" in length. Tarnished metal. Vintage throat and nasal atomizers. Glass bottles. Tarnished metal and plastic fittings. Rubber bulb. Vintage lab rack, well worn and very crusty.

Mandible & Maxillary Anatomy #bones #bone #tooth #teeth #dental #anatomy #medical #medicine

Think back to the first time you remember visiting a doctor’s office. All of the equipment looked so large and frightening, and the examination was definitely strange, but regardless of which decade you made your first doctor’s visit it couldn’t have been as weird as the medical practices of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The tools, prescriptions, and ideas that were going around at the time certainly helped modern medicine get to where it is now, but it was definitely weird.

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Antique midwives bag and original birthing tools. Photo: Science Museum London