18 simultaneously frightening and fascinating photos of the medicine of the past
Categories: Health and Medicine | History
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/18-simultaneously-frightening-and-fascinating-photos-of-the-medicine-of-the-past.htmlWe are already used to the fact that modern medicine has made incredible progress, the usual drugs and methods no longer seem like miracles. But in the old days, doctors knew very little about the human body, and there were many charlatans among them. Therefore, some of the medical procedures that existed at that time were incredibly strange and painful. We should only be glad that we live in the XXI century and can enjoy the benefits of modern scientific achievements!
In psychiatric clinics, patients were swaddled in wet blankets to calm them down.
A medical worker's suit from the X-ray room, presumably from 1918.
In order to avoid the development of rickets, children were exposed to ultraviolet radiation in winter, 1925.
Dr. Lewis Sayre treats scoliosis. Photos from the time of Victorian England.
Dr. Clark's spinal device was advertised in 1878 as a device that allowed people with back problems to walk for several minutes (or even hours) a day.
A portable defibrillator from the 1960s.
Physiotherapy, 1920s.
Operations were not always performed under anesthesia. The patients were given only a little ether before the operation, that's all the anesthesia. The photo of the amputation was made presumably in 1885.
Anatomical model of a pregnant woman, 80 - ies of the 17th century. And the coffin-shaped case served as a reminder that you can only study anatomy on dead people.
European birthing chair, circa 1750.
Wheelchair, 1915.
Therapeutic radioactive water, circa 1928.
Prosthetic leg, 1890.
Prosthetic hand, circa 1800.
The "Iron Lungs" apparatus, 1950s. Before the invention of the polio vaccine, young patients were placed in an Iron Lung machine that simulated breathing.
Medical heroin sold by Bayer in the 1890s.
Painkillers with cocaine.
Special jar for leeches, early 19th century.
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