Patient Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Doctor, nurse and patient - rising temperature Date: 20th century

Dr Jean-Martin Charcot, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris
The neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in a consulting room of the mental hospital Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. Patients wait for treatment with an electric current. Date: 1885

Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884
Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair

Having an enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates
STC445989 Having an enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

An Enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho)
STC445957 An Enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Patients and staff of Ward Four, at Parkside Maternity Hospital have been presented with a £ 400 television set which ail replace one donated ten years ago

Scenes at Cardiff Royal Infirmary. 5th March 1968

Footballer Larry Lloyd, former Coventry City defender now with Nottingham Forest, makes a surprise visit to Woodlands School footballer John Price

Robin Gibb (18), lead singer of chart topping pop group The Bee Gees at Regents Park Nursing Home in London 29th July 1968

The Doctor Dismissing Death, 1785. 1785. Creators: Peter Simon, Francis Jukes
The Doctor Dismissing Death, 1785

Northern Green Frog and Monarch Butterfly Friends
Rana clamitans melanota Northern Green Frog and Danaus plexippus (Monarch butterfly)

A Bedouin shepherd in Syria sitting sideways on donkey
Bedouin shepherd in Syria sitting sideways on donkey to take a rest. He is surrounded by sheep Date: 2005

Old man on hospital bed, Jaipur
An old man squats on his bed and snoozes in a hospital in Jaipur, India Date: 1987

Bethlehem Hospital, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Bethlehem Hospital, (c1878). View of the Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in London dating back to the 13th century

American Winter Sports - Trout Fishing on Chateaugay Lake, pub. 1856, Currier & Ives
American Winter Sports - Trout Fishing on Chateaugay Lake (Franklin County N.Y. ), pub. 1856, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

The Tooth Puller. Artist: Honthorst, Gerrit, van (1590-1656)
The Tooth Puller. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Ward in General Hospital No 10, formerly Greys College, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Ward in General Hospital No 10, formerly Greys College, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1901. Casualties of the Boer War recuperating. Stereoscopic card

The Anatomist, 1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Anatomist, 1811. Cartoon showing the terror of a patient and his wife as a surgeon opens his bag of instruments. Seeing the skeleton in the cupboard

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

Orthopaedic ward JLP01_08_069281
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Two men in bed on one of the orthopaedic wards at West Cumberland Hospital

A patient is pushed down a corridor in Frimley Park Hospital near Camberley, Britain, January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Doctor doing a thoracic and abdominal recognition of a patie
History of medicine. Doctor doing a thoracic and abdominal recognition of a patient. Miniature. Anatomy treaty. 14th century

Alaska, Brooks Falls. A grizzly cub sits at the top of the waterfall

Cute Puppies: Don'T Disturb The Patient

St John's Ambulance Vehicle and Stretcher. Top: vehicle in use, bottom: stretcher removed from the vehicle. Date: 1888

Hallucinations - patient and spectre
Hallucinations and Delusions, a patient imagines himself haunted continually by a spectre. Date: 1888

Patients at Villejuif and Earlswood Asylums
Photographs of artworks by patients at Villejuif and Earlswood Asylums, including a portrait, a seascape, cityscape, sculptures of people and carved ships

Afternoon on Deck, Lady Jane
Patients and Doctors relax in the afternoon sun on deck of the Lady Jane. The patients are sent on a voyage in search of health, looking for someone who can treat their ailments. Date: 1885

The Doctor
An oil painting of a seated doctor, examining his patient, the main subject of the work, who is looking down at the artist, with his shirts raised, exposing his abdomen. Date: circa 1919

A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons
Frontispiece of Robert Poole's A physical vade mecum (1741). Depicting a physician, his patient acoffin and two skeletons

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

The first sign of convalescence. Date: 1892

DR A R MANBY Physician to the duke of Clarence, whose skills were sadly insufficient to preserve his royal patient from an early death. Date: 1892

Cartoon, National Insurance Bill. Patient to GP: This treatment will be the death of me'. Doctor: (National Insurance Bill): I dare say you know best, but there is always a chance'

A touch of gout - an elderly gentleman mops his brow whilst his wife and young daughter attend to him Date: Nineteenth century

NURSE DEFIES DEATH
Death has come with the intention of taking away her patient, but the nurse defies him Date: circa 1916

A gouty invalid angrily rings for his manservant, presumably to fetch him some more port! Date: 18th century

BLOOD DONATING DOCTOR
Doctor Corbin, of Bordeaux, gives his own blood to save a patient in danger of death Date: 1921

CALANDER SAYS NO
The CALANDER (a kind of lark) knows if sick people will recover ; held over the sickbed, if it turns towards the patient s/he will recover, if not (as here) s/he won't

Female nurse checking pulse of girl in bed
1960, Two People, Children Only, Girls, Mid Adult, Mid Adult Women, Primary Age Child, Caucasian Appearance, Indoors, Day, Horizontal, Colour, Photography, Head And Shoulders, Waist Up, Uniform

Female nurse checking boy's temperature
Two People, Children Only, Boys, Mid Adult, Mid Adult Women, Primary Age Child, Caucasian Appearance, Indoors, Horizontal, Black And White, Photography, Waist Up, Uniform, Standing, Examining

Sick woman in a bed, maybe Saskia, wife of the painter, 1640 (pen, brush & gouache)
7414366 Sick woman in a bed, maybe Saskia, wife of the painter, 1640 (pen, brush & gouache) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 16.5x14.5 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais

Phrenologist amazed by head of patient
864846 Phrenologist amazed by head of patient by Seymour, Robert (1798-1836); (add.info.: Most miraculous organ. Phrenology)

Louis de Bourbon (1775-1844), Duc d'Angouleme visiting the hospital in Chiclana during the French expedition in
CHT218573 Louis de Bourbon (1775-1844), Duc d'Angouleme visiting the hospital in Chiclana during the French expedition in Spain in 1823 to restore Ferdinand VII (1784-1833) (oil on canvas)

The Warrior's Daughter, or The Convalescent, c. 1878 (oil on panel) (see also 27536)
MAN62985 The Warrior's Daughter, or The Convalescent, c.1878 (oil on panel) (see also 27536) by Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902); 36.2x21.8 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

The Dentist, 1652 (oil on panel)
MAN276869 The Dentist, 1652 (oil on panel) by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90); 32.7x46.8 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Francisque Crotte treating a patient with tuberculosis using electricity, 1901 (print)
538113 Francisque Crotte treating a patient with tuberculosis using electricity, 1901 (print) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: From Le Petit Journal, Paris)

Doctor Pasteur examining boy infected with rabies. 19th century (engraving)
672844 Doctor Pasteur examining boy infected with rabies. 19th century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Rabies (From the Latin: rabies, "madness")

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In the depths of history, the concept of "patient" has evolved alongside humanity's pursuit for medical care and understanding. From the haunting silhouettes of World War I soldiers, their bodies bearing witness to the horrors of battle, to the delicate intricacies revealed by a 3D angiogram in 1981, our journey through healing is as diverse as it is profound. It was in 1846 that a groundbreaking milestone forever changed surgery - the first use of anesthesia. This revolutionary discovery brought relief to countless individuals who previously endured unimaginable pain during procedures. In those early days, patients were often confined within asylum walls under Charcot's watchful eye, seeking solace from their troubled minds. The X-ray C017 / 7187 reveals a broken wrist bone frozen in time - a testament to both human fragility and resilience. Across continents and centuries, hospitals like Whipps Cross Hospital in Essex became beacons of hope for those seeking comfort amidst illness or injury. Even dentistry had its place in this narrative; Victorian scrap captures an unsettling scene where a dentist pulls a tooth with determination etched on his face. Yet progress prevailed as Florence Nightingale emerged as an emblematic figure advocating for proper healthcare practices. Pneumothorax treatment found its place among medical advancements too - captured vividly through an X-ray image that showcases not only cause but also effect. Meanwhile, H. M Bateman's cartoon humorously depicts the trials faced by dentists throughout history. In Cuba around 1900, Dr. Carlos Finlay and Dr. Walter Reed stood at the forefront of conquering Yellow Fever after years plagued by its devastating effects on communities. Their collaboration paved the way for inoculations against this deadly disease. Looking back further still into ancient times brings us face-to-face with trepanation depicted in mesmerizing artwork from the fourteenth century - revealing mankind's earliest attempts at cranial surgery.