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Medical Tour Of The Past Masks worn by medical professionals during the plague Child in iron lung Tanning babies at orphanage 1925 Chicago to offset winter rickets Woman with artificial leg Wooden prosthetic hand 1800 Selection of items used to disguise facial disfigurement Blood transfusion bottle England 1978 Dr Clarks spinal apparatus 1878 Neurological exam 1884 Antique prosthetic leg US civil surgeons kit Walter Reed physiotherapy store 1920 Boy in rolling invalid cart 1915 Lewis Sayre's scoliosis treatment Claude Becks early defibrillator Antique birthing chair 1800's Knives for surgery China 1801-1920 Anatomical model Radiology nurse technician France 1918 One of the first surgical procedures using anesthetic 1855- 1860 Rush medical college Chicago 1900 Insanity treatments |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past I'm so glad I was born when I was! ![]() Awesome post!!! |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past Yeah we got it good now ![]() |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past cool set kel. ![]() |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past Great post Kelly . Nice collections of pics Never seen those Masks before. Those iron lungs, I guess during the polio epidemic? And that Wooden prosthetic hand 1800 Workmanship is magic. |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past Those masks look like something out of a horror flick! ![]() |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past Wooohooo. They still make them Is it wrong to want one. The mask had glass openings for the eyes and a curved beak shaped like that of a bird. Straps held the beak in front of the doctor's nose. The mask had two small nose holes and was a type of respirator which contained aromatic items. The beak could hold dried flowers (including roses and carnations), herbs (including mint), spices, camphor or a vinegar sponge. |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past They used to believe that disease was carried by bad odours, or miasma emitted by rotting organic matter. If they'd used camphor on the whole gown, they may have protected themselves from flees... or just moths. As may be seen on picture here, In Rome the doctors do appear, When to their patients they are called, In places by the plague appalled, Their hats and cloaks, of fashion new, Are made of oilcloth, dark of hue, Their caps with glasses are designed, Their bills with antidotes all lined, That foulsome air may do no harm, Nor cause the doctor man alarm, The staff in hand must serve to show Their noble trade where'er they go. |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past That transfusion bottle has me puzzled. I make out "10 May 1938" on the label, and judging by the materials used, this fits. But, the NBTS wasn't called that until 1994, when it was changed from 'Blood Transfusion Service'. ![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...d_organisation |
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Re: Medical Tour Of The Past best medical post ever! ![]() |
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