Medical Facts of the Past

Learn and check out some of this strange and creepy vintage medical photographs of methods and things used during 19th and 20th century. Many medical students nowadays can relate and understand this photos.

From year 1937

An iron lung machine before the advent of polio vaccination. They lived their for several months but some children didn't survived. 

From year 1878

This is an advertisement by Dr. Clark's Spiral Apparatus 

From year 1918 

This photograph is during the World War II, France. This is how the Radiology Nurse Technician's suit looked like. 

From year 1884 

This is how the Neurological exam perform with the used of electric device. 

From year 1920 

Photograph of "Walter Reed Physiotherapy Store" 

From year 1915 

This is the past 'wheelchair' looked like. The "Invalid Cart". 

From year 1700-1800 

Obstetric phantom, tool used to educate and trained medical students and midwives about childbirth. 

Year 1855-1860

Photograph of one of the first surgeries which used ether as an anesthetic. 

Year 1900 

Photograph of Rush Medical College lecture auditorium from Chicago. 

Year 1961, April 30 

Photograph of Dr. Leonid Rogozov, the only surgeon who performed surgery on himself after he suffered from appendicitis during Antarctic Expedition.

The historic "birthing chair".

From year 1800

One of the first wooden prosthetic hand

This is how amazing the US Civil War surgeon's kit looked like.

This is how they treated people with scoliosis in the past.

The defibrillator they used in the past.