Medical Collection

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food
Flies Foul Food. Your health depends on wholesome food - keep it covered from flies! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD
Your Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Swat It
Swat It! Flies breed in hundreds at a time. Each one you kill means the end of hundreds yet unhatched! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper, published 1944

WW2 Poster -- Tablet day
Tablet day! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Medical related poster for British soldiers on active service in Italy

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food -- Keep Food Covered
Flies Foul Food - Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow. Keep Food Covered! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Poster: Blood Donors Wanted. Your blood can save the life of someone, somewhere. Showing two soldiers tending a wounded colleague. 20th century

Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion service
Wartime leaflet about the blood transfusion service, showing how blood, and blood transfusion equipment, are dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to save the lives of wounded soldiers. 1940s

Doctor and patient, Japan. circa 1890s

Doctor and geisha patient, Japan

Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of India
Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India

British river hospital, Western Front, France, WW1
A British river hospital near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Statue of Paul Bert, Hanoi, Indochina (Vietnam). Paul Bert (1833-1886) was a French physiologist and liberalising politician

Military Hospital at Hanoi, Indochina (Vietnam)

Advertisement for Octensanol, for hypertension
Advertisement for Octensanol, a medicine designed to treat hypertension. circa 1930s

A District Nurse standing in the doorway of her single-storey thatched cottage circa 1910s

Hospital nurse doing some ironing
A hospital nurse doing some ironing with a rather primitive looking iron. 20th century

Poster: Diphtheria is Deadly, Immunisation Protects. Showing a healthy, smiling child. 20th century

Poster design for Dr Pierre toothpaste
Poster design for toothpaste (Pate Dentifrice du Docteur Pierre) as recommended by Dr Pierre of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris. On sale everywhere

Wartime poster seeking blood donors. They ve got him! Have we got you as a blood donor? With a space at the bottom for details of a local donation centre

Poster design for Profumo Farmaceutica, Florence

Label design for Wrights Coal Tar Soap, the nursery soap, costing four old pence per tablet. Showing a little girl in academic gown and mortar board, proclaiming Babys (W)rights

Dressing wounds of injured Anzac soldier, WW1
Dressing the wounds of an injured Anzac soldier during World War One. circa 1916

Hospital treatment for wounded horse, Western Front, WW1
Hospital treatment for a wounded horse on the Western Front in France during World War One. A piece of shrapnel is being removed. circa 1916

Wounded war horse led off a barge, Western Front, WW1

British casualty clearing station, Western Front, WW1
Scene at a British casualty clearing station on the Western Front in France during World War One. Nurses are treating French and British soldiers who have been wounded in the same battle. circa 1916

Convalescing soldiers in cricket team, WW1
Convalescing British soldiers in a cricket team near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Cured horses leaving a depot, Western Front, WW1
Cured horses leaving a depot after hospital treatment on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Wounded horses drinking from trough, Western Front, WW1
Wounded horses drinking from a water trough during hospital treatment on the Western Front in France, World War One. circa 1916

Wounded British horses, Western Front, France, WW1
Wounded British horses lined up waiting for treatment on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Wounded British horse, Western Front, France, WW1
A vet tends a wounded British horse hit by shrapnel on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British army medical officers and staff, Western Front, WW1

Convalescent British soldiers, Western Front, WW1
Convalescent British soldiers relaxing at tables in a recreation hut provided by the BRCS (British Red Cross Society) near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Two men tending a wounded mule, Western Front, WW1
Two soldiers tending a wounded mule on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Funeral of British Red Cross nurse, Western Front, WW1
Procession during the funeral of a British Red Cross nurse on the Western Front in France during World War One. She was killed during a German air raid on a Red Cross hospital. circa 1916

British camp with medical dispensary, Western Front, WW1
A British camp with an open air medical dispensary on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

French, British and American allies, Western Front, WW1

Medical supplies on light railway, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers transporting medical supplies on a light railway on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers near dressing station, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers on the road to the First Aid dressing station on the Western Front during World War One, carrying an injured man on a stretcher. circa 1916

Red Cross ambulances in the snow, Western Front, WW1
Red Cross ambulances awaiting orders in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Wounded British soldiers, Western Front, WW1
Wounded British soldiers lying on stretchers, waiting to be taken to a casualty clearing station on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British ambulance and horses, Western Front, WW1
A British ambulance and ten horses making its way across country after rain on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British troops on road, Western Front, France, WW1
British troops of the Royal Army Medical Corps on a road on their way up to the line on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

American troops in Germany, WW2
American troops in Germany during World War Two

Wounded British soldiers on a road, Western Front, WW1
Wounded British soldiers lying on stretchers on a road near Guillemont, with an armoured motor car and an ambulance in the background, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One

FANY drivers in fur coats, Western Front, WW1
Five women drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) wearing fur coats on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British doctors sitting at a table, Western Front, WW1

Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, (women in railway carriage) Date: 1940

Pinocchio -- ill in bed
Pinocchio -- The doctors came immediately... a Crow, an Owl, and a Talking Cricket. 1911

British MO with German prisoner, Western Front, WW1
A British Medical Officer gives a wounded German prisoner a light for his cigarette on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

King George V meeting wounded soldiers, WW1
King George V meeting wounded soldiers at a medical centre on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Group of soldiers during convalescence, WW1
A group of soldiers convalescing during the First World War, some on crutches, others with their arm in a sling

Woman in Red Cross uniform with dog, WW1
A woman in Red Cross uniform during the First World War, training a small dog pulling a model Red Cross van -- probably designed for fundraising

Medical orderly and woman sitting on wheelbarrow, WW1
A medical orderly with a Red Cross badge on the sleeve of his uniform, sitting next to a woman on a wheelbarrow during the First World War

Soldier with three hospital staff, WW1

Dreadnought Seamens Hospital
The Dreadnought Seamens Hospital in Greenwich, southeast London. A patient is visited by Padre MacLaren

Night nurse at Guys Hospital
A nurse on night duty at Guys Hospital, London, doing some paperwork at her desk. Date: 1957

Poster advertising a collection for nurses
German poster advertising a collection for nurses, to thank them for their work during the First World War. Date: 27 April 1918

Two schoolboys give first aid to a teddy bear
Two boys giving first aid to a teddy bear in the gymnasium of their school. Date: 1963

Poster advertising Besancon la Mouillere in France, a healthy place with a salt water cure for mothers and their children

Deaf Cyclist
This cyclist is wearing a sandwich board reading beware, I am deaf. Date: early 1930s

Vaccinating Voters
Black voters who have been vaccinated while they wait to cast their votes, Newark, U.S.A. early 1930s

Cephos cold and flu powder advertisement
Advert for Cephos cold and flu powder depicting a poorly looking woman, dressed rather smartly, and standing, hanging onto a strap on a bus or tube train. Date: December 1938

Japanese doctor
A Japanese doctor with his medical bag examines or massages the hand of a female patient Date: late 19th Century

Psychology Booklet Ad
Advert for a booklet issued by the British Institute of Practical Psychology called " I can and I will" guaranteed to eradicate your inferiority complex forever. Date: April 1936

Blind Craftsman 1930S
A blind man weaving a wicker edge onto a tray at St. Dunstans school, established in 1915 to provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service men and women. Date: early 1930s

Woman Giving Birth 1960S
A woman lying in a hospital bed about to give birth is soothed by a midwife with a surgical mask over her nose and mouth Date: 1960s

Advertisement for Pastillas Morello, pastilles for the treatment of colds, coughs, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, hoarseness, pulmonary abscesses, etc

Label design for Crawfords Old Comber Whiskey
Label design for Crawfords Extra Special Old Comber Whiskey, guaranteed 14 years old, highly recommended by the medical faculty! circa 20th century

Advertisement for Le Thermogene medicine
Advertisement for Le Thermogene, a medicine designed to combat coughs, flu and rheumatic pains. circa 1930s

Making Glass Eyes
A woman making glass eyes. Date: early 1930s

Label design for Menthe (Peppermint)

Louis Pasteur on a Chocolat Poulain trade card
Louis Pasteur featured on a Chocolat Poulain trade card. circa early 20th century

Advertisement for Kolynos toothpaste, featuring a smiling nurse with brilliant white teeth, her face illuminated by a torch. 20th century

Little girl repairing her teddy bear
A little girl repairing her teddy bear, with bandages on his foot, paw and right eye. The caption reads: Ain t Babies Rough. circa early 20th century

Group photograph, Southampton Nursing Division
Group photograph of Southampton Nursing Division, with sixteen nurses in uniform and an old soldier wearing his medals. 1910

Doctor Checks his Diary
A nurse hands the telephone over to a doctor, who checks his appointments diary. Date: 1960s

Nurse & Thermometer
A smiling nurse brandishing a thermometer! Date: 1960s

Psychometric Test
A young woman, wired up to a Psychometer machine, undergoes a psychometric test. Date: early 1930s

Premature Baby
A nurse in the Baby Ward holds a premature baby in her lap and gets ready to give the baby its bottle. Date: 1960s

Anti-Flu Masks
A man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious! Date: 1920s

Doctor Examines Patient
A doctor examines his patients throat. Date: late 1960s

Night Nurse / Guys Hosp
Nurse on night duty at Guys Hospital in London updating patients records; another nurse attends to a patient in the background Date: 1957

Marie Curie Hospital
A female worker, possibly one of the laboratory technicians or a female doctor, at the Marie Curie Hospital, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

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