Physician Gallery

A physician is a medical professional who diagnoses and treats illnesses and injuries, and are highly trained in the field of medicine

Plague doctor, 17th century artwork
Plague doctor. 17th century artwork titled Doktor Schnabel von Rom (Beak Doctor from Rome). The text is in Latin. The costumes bronze mask contained aromatic herbs and reduced exposure to bad air

First use of anesthesia in surgery, 1846
First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1846. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustratioin

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON (1836 - 1917), physician, womens rights supporter & the first woman to be elected mayor. She was the sister of Millicent Fawcett

Roman statue of Asclepius. The cult of the deity of Greek medicine, known as Asclepius, dates from the 6th century BC. Asclepius is represented in statues holding a staff around which a serpent twines, a symbol which survives today as a medical emblem

Axel Munthe / Anacapri
AXEL MUNTHE Home of the Swedish physician and writer on Anacapri, Italy Date: 1857 - 1949

Montessori school
A detailed illustration by S. Begg of a Montessori school in Courtfield Gardens, London, showing children at various activiities

Dr William Gilbert (1544-1603) showing his Experiment on Electricity to Queen Elizabeth I
BAL99459 Dr William Gilbert (1544-1603) showing his Experiment on Electricity to Queen Elizabeth I and her Court, 19th century (oil on canvas) (see detail 99460) by Hunt

Halsted, Cushing and Young operating C014 / 1090
Halsted, Cushing and Young operating. Pioneering American surgeons William Halsted (1852-1922), Harvey Cushing (1869-1939) and Hugh Hampton Young (1897-1941)

Trepanation, 14th century artwork
Trepanation. 14th century artwork of a doctor using a hammer and scalpel to perform a surgical operation known as trepanation

Edward Jenner / Thiriat
EDWARD JENNER Physician and pioneer of vaccination

Jonathan Couch, Cornwall. Before 1870
Full length portrait photograph of Dr Jonathan Couch (1789-1870) standing with one hand hooked into his waistcoat and holding a top hat in the other

Calots spinal surgery, 19th century
Calots spinal surgery, 19th-century artwork. This operation is being carried out by the French surgeon Jean-Francois Calot (1861-1944) on a condition known as Potts disease

Lombroso / Cesare / Postcard
CESARE LOMBROSO Italian physician and criminologist

Conan Doyle / Photo C 1908
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE British physician and writer, circa 1908

Portrait of Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037) Reading (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR169113 Portrait of Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037) Reading (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (16th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consult your physician. Poster encouraging citizens to consult your physician for treatment of the common cold

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine
Greek physician Hippocrates. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration of a bust

Camillo Golgi / Nobel 1906
CAMILLO GOLGI Italian physician

Conan Doyle / Houdini / Auto
Houdini with Conan Doyle, with whom he had a friendly feud, outside the Auto Club (does he mean the R.A.C. ?), London

Female Medical Students
Under the watchful eye of the House Physician, a group of female medical students, trainee doctors, examine a patient at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London

Leander Starr Jameson
SIR LEANDER STARR JAMESON known as Dr Jameson Scottish-born physician; adventurer and administrator in South Africa

Plague doctor, 18th century
Plague doctor. 18th-century artwork of the costume worn by a plague doctor, or any doctor dealing with quarantined patients

Illustration shows hummingbirds. Trochilidae. - Kolibris, 1 print : color lithograph; sheet 36 x 26 cm. 1904. Ernst Haeckel 1834 a' 1919 German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician

Schweitzer / Postcard 1956
ALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar with his antelopes at Lambarene, Africa Date: 1875 - 1965

Schweitzer / Postcard
ALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar

St Luke / Arts Somptuaires
SAINT LUKE Greek physician of Antioch, alleged author of the 3rd gospel and chronicler of the Apostles

Illustration shows liverworts. Hepaticae. - Lebermoose, 1 print : color lithograph; sheet 36 x 26 cm. 1904. Ernst Haeckel 1834 a' 1919 German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician

Claudius Galen (Bust)
CLAUDIUS GALEN Greek physician working in Rome, at court of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus : he tended the gladiators, and voiced theory of humours. Date: 129 - 199

Villa San Michele, Capri, Italy
The Villa San Michele, Anacapri, Capri, Italy. The villa dates back to the late 19th century, when the Swedish physician, writer and recreational archaeologist, Axel Munthe, adjudicated the site

Richard Kirwan (engraving)
815869 Richard Kirwan (engraving) by Irish School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richard Kirwan (1733-1812)

A Consultation of Physicians, or The Company of Undertakers
STC451216 A Consultation of Physicians, or The Company of Undertakers, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

ROBERT i YARZABAL, Bartomeu (1842-1902). Catalan physician and politician. MESTRES I BORRELL, F鬩 x (1872-1933). Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Gallery of Famous Catalans

Plague doctor, France, 18th century
Plague doctor. Artwork of the clothing used by doctors during plague outbreaks. This design, though in use much earlier, is from The Great Plague of Marseilles, France, in 1720

Medical prescription, satirical artwork
Medical prescription. Satirical artwork titled Of Prescribing Foolishly, showing a patient in bed with a doctor in a fools hat (right) holding aloft a proposed treatment

Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904), Russian writer of short stories and plays. He was also a physician

Modern Athenians plate 17 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Burt (d. 1839) a merry hearted physician, approaching Mr Roger Aytoun (d. 1843). Both men expecting rain and carrying each an umbrella

Hippocrates Saves Athens
By his sensible precautions, the Greek physician Hippocrates saves the people of Athens from the worst effects of the plague which threatens them

Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations, 1892
Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations. Artwork of British surgeon Joseph Lister (in gown, walking up steps, 1827-1912) and French chemist Louis Pasteur (being approached by Lister)

Ocyrrhoe - Mare
The daughter of the centaur Chiron tells Aesculapius that he will be a famous physician, but she is turned into a mare for her presumption

Conversion of Galen
CLAUDIUS GALEN " Conversion of Galen" Greek physician to 5 Roman emperors and to gladiators. Author of the theory of the 4 humours

Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician, inventor of the stethoscope in 1816 at the Hopital Necker in Paris, where he was working at the time. Seen here using a stethoscope on a patient

Physician and story-teller (engraving)
728831 Physician and story-teller (engraving) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Physician and story-teller)

Fresco in the crypt of the Cathedral, Anagni, Italy, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Fresco in the crypt of the Cathedral, Anagni, Italy, (1928). About 1250...Hippocrates and Galen, painted by the master of the " Traslazioni" in the crypt of the same church

Paracelsus (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim) (1493-1541). Swiss physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. Engraving

Family in a sauna, 16th century artwork C015 / 1554
Family in a sauna. Artwork from Opus Chyrurgicum (1565) by the Swiss alchemist and physician Paracelsus (1493-1541) showing a family in a suana

(1865-1940). American physician and Arctic explorer. Photograph, c1911
FREDERICK ALBERT COOK (1865-1940). American physician and Arctic explorer. Photograph, c1911

Konstantin Buteyko, Soviet doctor
Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko (1923-2003), Soviet medical doctor and researcher. In the 1950s, Buteyko, a Ukrainian, developed a theory on the effects of deep breathing (hyperventilation)

Animal magnetism, satirical artwork
Animal magnetism. Satirical artwork depicting a patient and animal magnetism practitioner with animal heads. Animal magnetism was developed by the German physician Franz Mesmer (1734-1815)

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A physician is a medical professional who diagnoses and treats illnesses and injuries, and are highly trained in the field of medicine, having obtained a medical degree from an accredited university and can specialize in many different areas such as family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery or obstetrics/gynecology. They use their knowledge to diagnose diseases and develop treatment plans for patients based on their individual needs. Physicians also provide preventative care by educating patients on healthy lifestyle choices and providing screenings for early detection of potential health problems. By taking a holistic approach to patient care, physicians strive to improve the overall health of individuals and communities alike.