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"The Evolution of Physicians: From Plague Doctors to Modern Medicine" In the 17th century, plague doctors donned their distinctive beaked masks and long cloaks

Background imagePhysician Collection: The Brunier. Named for Brunier, doctor to the Dauphin and the royal children of France

The Brunier. Named for Brunier, doctor to the Dauphin and the royal children of France
FLO4596671 The Brunier. Named for Brunier, doctor to the Dauphin and the royal children of France. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious

Background imagePhysician Collection: Medicine. The french surgeon Ambroise Pare. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store

Medicine. The french surgeon Ambroise Pare. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store: Aux Quatre Arrondissements
3434268 Medicine. The french surgeon Ambroise Pare. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store: Aux Quatre Arrondissements, France, c.1900; (add.info.: Medecine. Coll. Part. Medicine)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Robert Koch working in his laboratory, 1850

Robert Koch working in his laboratory, 1850
3359517 Robert Koch working in his laboratory, 1850; (add.info.: Robert Koch (1843-1910) a German physician working in his laboratory. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imagePhysician Collection: Surgeon's instruments

Surgeon's instruments
3028377 Surgeon's instruments; Private Collection; (add.info.: Surgical instruments and manual which belonged to Surgeon Hills of the 27th Connecticut Volunteers)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Surgical Instrument, Trephine Conical Crown

Surgical Instrument, Trephine Conical Crown
3028329 Surgical Instrument, Trephine Conical Crown; Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Civil War, Surgical Instrument)

Background imagePhysician Collection: US Soldier's Hospital Albany, New York 1864

US Soldier's Hospital Albany, New York 1864
3028309 US Soldier's Hospital Albany, New York 1864; Private Collection; (add.info.: US Soldier's Hospital Albany with Lincoln garden arrangement, New York 1864); © Don Troiani

Background imagePhysician Collection: Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850

Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850
3330740 Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Marie Laveau (1794-1881) a Louisiana Creole practitioner of voodoo renowned in New Orleans, with her daughter

Background imagePhysician Collection: Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol

Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol
3253085 Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol; (add.info.: Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol, 1772-1840. French psychiatrist. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900).

Background imagePhysician Collection: Herman Boerhaave

Herman Boerhaave
2603652 Herman Boerhaave; (add.info.: Herman Boerhaave (1668 - 1738) Dutch physician, humanist, botanist and chemist, born near Leiden. Founder of the clinical teaching of medicine

Background imagePhysician Collection: Shi si jing fa hui

Shi si jing fa hui
2626560 Shi si jing fa hui; (add.info.: Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716) of 'Shi si jing fa hui'

Background imagePhysician Collection: Shi si jing fa hui

Shi si jing fa hui
2626556 Shi si jing fa hui; (add.info.: Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716) of 'Shi si jing fa hui'

Background imagePhysician Collection: Fasciculus medicinae

Fasciculus medicinae
2626472 Fasciculus medicinae; (add.info.: Illustration from 'Fasciculus medicinae' Venice; 1494 the first printed book to contain anatomical illustrations)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Shi si jing fa hui

Shi si jing fa hui
2626541 Shi si jing fa hui; (add.info.: Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716) of 'Shi si jing fa hui'

Background imagePhysician Collection: Fasciculus medicinae

Fasciculus medicinae
2626481 Fasciculus medicinae; (add.info.: Illustration from 'Fasciculus medicinae' Venice; 1494 the first printed book to contain anatomical illustrations)

Background imagePhysician Collection: American Civil War, Surgeon of the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry

American Civil War, Surgeon of the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry
3073323 American Civil War, Surgeon of the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Regimental Surgeon of the 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry ); © Don Troiani

Background imagePhysician Collection: David Hosack (1769-1835)

David Hosack (1769-1835)
863367 David Hosack (1769-1835); (add.info.: David Hosack (1769-1835), American physician and botanist. He established the Elgin Botanic Garden, New York, where the Rockefeller Centre now stands

Background imagePhysician Collection: Statue of Claude Bernard

Statue of Claude Bernard
865165 Statue of Claude Bernard; (add.info.: Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist who applied scientific method to medicine

Background imagePhysician Collection: William Withey Gull (1816-1890)

William Withey Gull (1816-1890)
864770 William Withey Gull (1816-1890); (add.info.: William Withey Gull (1816-1890) English physician born at Colchester, Essex. Studied at Guy's Hospital, London

Background imagePhysician Collection: John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815)

John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815)
864657 John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815); (add.info.: John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) English Quaker born in the West Indies who became and eminent London physician

Background imagePhysician Collection: Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596

Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596 (woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a)
527531 Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596 (woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a 12th or 13th century poem based on the Salernian Rule of Health)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Daniel Drake, 1814

Daniel Drake, 1814
1577004 Daniel Drake, 1814; (add.info.: Daniel Drake (October 20, 1785 - November 5, 1852) was a pioneer American physician

Background imagePhysician Collection: Jacob Henle, 1850

Jacob Henle, 1850
1576988 Jacob Henle, 1850; (add.info.: Jacob Henle, (9 July 1809 - 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist

Philip Syng Physick, 1800
1576975 Philip Syng Physick, 1800; (add.info.: Philip Syng Physick (July 7, 1768 - December 15, 1837) was an American physician

Background imagePhysician Collection: President McKinley as a physician, 1897

President McKinley as a physician, 1897
1576773 President McKinley as a physician, 1897; (add.info.: He has one medicine for all ills' President McKinley as a physician dispensing strong "Tariff" medicine in the men's)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Grandgousier, father of Gargantua, 19th century (engraving)

Grandgousier, father of Gargantua, 19th century (engraving)
2102117 Grandgousier, father of Gargantua, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "Grandgousier, father of Gargantua". Monster. Pot shaped body)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Monster, 19th century (engraving)

Monster, 19th century (engraving)
2102134 Monster, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. Monster. Barrel shaped body. Engraving (facsimile) in: Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Picrochole, 19th century (engraving)

Picrochole, 19th century (engraving)
2102132 Picrochole, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "Picrochole". Monster. Engraving (facsimile) in

Background imagePhysician Collection: The Inquisition, 19th century (engraving)

The Inquisition, 19th century (engraving)
2102129 The Inquisition, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "The Inquisition". Monster. Tambourine shaped body charlatan)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Monster, 19th century (engraving)

Monster, 19th century (engraving)
2102127 Monster, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. Monster. Belly shaped head. Engraving (facsimile) in: Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Henry Cotyral, 19th century (engraving)

Henry Cotyral, 19th century (engraving)
2102120 Henry Cotyral, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "Henry Cotyral". Monster. Tambourine shaped body charlatan)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Pantagruel, 19th century (engraving)

Pantagruel, 19th century (engraving)
2102118 Pantagruel, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "Pantagruel". Monster. Long hears, long nose)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Hermann Boerhaave, 1874 (engraving)

Hermann Boerhaave, 1874 (engraving)
1574757 Hermann Boerhaave, 1874 (engraving); (add.info.: Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738) Dutch physician and botanist, in 1714 in the women's ward in Leyden hospital defusing hysteria by

Background imagePhysician Collection: Jules II (1443-1513) - engraving of 1823 in ' Drolatiques Songes de Pantagruel' by Francois Rabelais

Jules II (1443-1513) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatiques Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais
JEB4934970 Jules II (1443-1513) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatiques Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) - (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: ' Monsters and Prodiges' (first edition 1573)

Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: " Monsters and Prodiges" (first edition 1573)
PCT4260964 Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: " Monsters and Prodiges" (first edition 1573, appendix: marine monsters)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: ' Book of the Unicorn' (1580)

Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: " Book of the Unicorn" (1580) - Figure of the Florida bull (bison)
PCT4260959 Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: " Book of the Unicorn" (1580) - Figure of the Florida bull (bison).; (add.info.: Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare)

Background imagePhysician Collection: William Overend Priestley

William Overend Priestley
3733573 William Overend Priestley.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of William Overend Priestley (1829-1900) a British physician and Conservative Party Politician

Background imagePhysician Collection: Decumbiture of Charles Thomas Carter

Decumbiture of Charles Thomas Carter
3732368 Decumbiture of Charles Thomas Carter; (add.info.: Decumbiture of Charles Thomas Carter (1735-1804) an Irish composer and organist by Ebenezer Sibly

Background imagePhysician Collection: Chart drawn up for the marriage of Benjamin Brownsell

Chart drawn up for the marriage of Benjamin Brownsell
3732367 Chart drawn up for the marriage of Benjamin Brownsell; (add.info.: Chart drawn up for the marriage of Benjamin Brownsell)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams

Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams
3732364 Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams; (add.info.: Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams (1748-1786) a Quaker physician by Ebenezer Sibly

Background imagePhysician Collection: Nativity of King George III of the United Kingdom

Nativity of King George III of the United Kingdom
3732370 Nativity of King George III of the United Kingdom; (add.info.: Nativity of King George III of the United Kingdom by Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1799) an English physician, astrologer

Background imagePhysician Collection: Doctor to the court of King Louis XVI of France, 1776. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile

Doctor to the court of King Louis XVI of France, 1776. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul
FLO4572332 Doctor to the court of King Louis XVI of France, 1776. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France

Background imagePhysician Collection: Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet
3586432 Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet; (add.info.: Photograph of Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) a British physician and President of the Royal College of Physicians

Background imagePhysician Collection: Andreas Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius
3586025 Andreas Vesalius; (add.info.: Portrait of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) a Flemish/Netherlandish anatomist, physician, and author of books on human anatomy

Background imagePhysician Collection: 'Street life in London': street doctors, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)

"Street life in London": street doctors, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570750 "Street life in London": street doctors, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low, Marston)

Background imagePhysician Collection: A woodcut engraving depicting a physician examining a urine sample

A woodcut engraving depicting a physician examining a urine sample. By Jost Amman (1539-1591) a Swiss-German artist
5311639 A woodcut engraving depicting a physician examining a urine sample. By Jost Amman (1539-1591) a Swiss-German artist, 16th century; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imagePhysician Collection: Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of

Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of chlorophorm on his friends
FGL5466441 Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of chlorophorm on his friends at dinner, 1847 (engraving); Private Collection; Fototeca Gilardi.

Background imagePhysician Collection: Medicinal book: (Les 'uvres d'Ambroise Pare). Frontispiece

Medicinal book: (Les 'uvres d'Ambroise Pare). Frontispiece
6262175 Medicinal book: (Les 'uvres d'Ambroise Pare). Frontispiece.; Hopital Notre Dame a la Rose, Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium; (add.info.: Hopital Notre Dame a la Rose, Lessines, Hainaut)

Background imagePhysician Collection: Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban a serie created by Pellerin printer

Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban a serie created by Pellerin printer, 1860 (Epinal print)
5669556 Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban a serie created by Pellerin printer, 1860 (Epinal print); (add.info.: Jean-Charles Pellerin (1756-1836), French draftsman



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"The Evolution of Physicians: From Plague Doctors to Modern Medicine" In the 17th century, plague doctors donned their distinctive beaked masks and long cloaks, bravely battling the deadly disease that ravaged Europe. Their haunting appearance is immortalized in artwork from that era. Fast forward to the pioneering spirit of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who shattered gender barriers by becoming England's first female physician in the late 19th century. Her determination paved the way for countless women to pursue careers in medicine. A monumental breakthrough came in 1846 when anesthesia was first used during surgery. This revolutionary development transformed the field of medicine, alleviating patients' pain and allowing surgeons to perform intricate procedures with precision. Jonathan Couch, a renowned physician from Cornwall before 1870, dedicated his life to studying marine biology and contributed significantly to our understanding of marine creatures' anatomy and behavior. The ancient Romans revered Asclepius as their god of healing. A magnificent statue depicting him stands as a testament to their belief in physicians' divine power to restore health and well-being. The Montessori school system revolutionized education by emphasizing individual learning styles and fostering independence among young learners. Dr. Maria Montessori's innovative approach has influenced not only education but also healthcare practices worldwide. Claudius Galen, an influential Greek physician from ancient times, made significant contributions through his extensive research on human anatomy and physiology. His bust serves as a reminder of his enduring legacy in medical science. Dr. William Gilbert captivated Queen Elizabeth I with his groundbreaking experiments on electricity during the late 16th century. His work laid the foundation for modern electrical therapies used in various medical treatments today. Axel Munthe's love for Anacapri led him to establish a clinic there where he provided medical care for locals and visitors alike during the early 20th century. His dedication exemplifies how they can make a difference beyond traditional hospital settings.