Patient Collection (#9)

Fading Away, from "Illustrated Times", October 5, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fading Away, from " Illustrated Times", October 5, 1858

Scene d Octobre: La jeune poitrinaire (An October Scene: The Young Consumptive, October 2-9, 1864. Creator: Unknown)
Scene d Octobre: La jeune poitrinaire (An October Scene: The Young Consumptive), from " Le Journal Illustre" no. 34, October 2-9, 1864

In trailer clinic, the nurse consults the migrant... Merrill FSA camp, Klamath County, Oregon
In trailer clinic. The nurse consults the migrant mother whose small boy is ailing. Merrill FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Klamath County, Oregon

Doctor examining children in trailer clinic, FSA mobile camp, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Doctor examining children in trailer clinic. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp, Klamath County, Oregon

Mother with sick baby awaits arrival of FSA camp resident nurse, FSA camp, Tulare County, CA, 1939
Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Mother with sick baby awaits arrival of FSA camp resident nurse

Baby with club feet wearing homemade splints, FSA camp, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County, California. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory workers. Baby with club feet wearing homemade splints inside shoes

Sons, migratory workers, bring father... to the camp clinic, FSA camp, Tulare County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County, California. Camp for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Sons, migratory workers, bring father, who is sick and old to the camp clinic

How the Influenza gave a young Doctor a rise in his Profession, 1890. Creator: Unknown
How the Influenza gave a young Doctor a rise in his Profession, 1890

Ladysmith Hospital Corps (b / w photo)
7160180 Ladysmith Hospital Corps (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Hospital Corps)

The Fairground Tooth Extractor (coloured engraving)
CHT166610 The Fairground Tooth Extractor (coloured engraving) by Frison, Gustave (b.1850); Ordre National des Pharmaciens, Paris

Doctor examining the contents of a chamber pot (colour litho)
3656801 Doctor examining the contents of a chamber pot (colour litho) by Frison, Gustave (b.1850); Private Collection; (add.info.: Doctor examining the contents of a chamber pot)

Patient at Sainte Anne hospital (engraving)
1737154 Patient at Sainte Anne hospital (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: A man with a straitjacket in a padded cell. Sainte Anne hospital, 19th century.)

The Re-Opening of Charing Cross Hospital by the Prince and Princess of Wales (engraving)
1059542 The Re-Opening of Charing Cross Hospital by the Prince and Princess of Wales (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

Awaiting an Audience (colour litho)
7185318 Awaiting an Audience (colour litho) by Geets, Willem (1838-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Awaiting an Audience)

The Surgeons Visit (oil on panel)
6352521 The Surgeons Visit (oil on panel) by Heemskerk, Egbert van II The Younger (1676-1744); 29.3 x 40.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

The reopening of Charing Cross Hospital by the Prince and Princess of Wales (engraving)
606483 The reopening of Charing Cross Hospital by the Prince and Princess of Wales (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

With Admiral Hewetts Mission to Abyssinia, Dr Gimlette and his Little Patient at Adowa (engraving)
1045599 With Admiral Hewetts Mission to Abyssinia, Dr Gimlette and his Little Patient at Adowa (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

Controlling powers of destruction (litho)
979570 Controlling powers of destruction (litho) by Begg, Samuel (fl.1886-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Controlling powers of destruction)

Cover of "Prince Halil"by Sixte Delorme, 19th century (illustration)
7211695 Cover of " Prince Halil" by Sixte Delorme, 19th century (illustration) by Souze, Auguste (b.1829 - fl.1860s); (add.info)

Professor Edmond Delorme (1847-1929) demonstrating pulmonary decortication to students at Val de Grace in 1894
CHT235341 Professor Edmond Delorme (1847-1929) demonstrating pulmonary decortication to students at Val de Grace in 1894, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Delorme

A doctors Sunday rest (colour litho)
7201370 A doctors Sunday rest (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: A doctors Sunday rest. Illustration from Lustige Blatter, 1912.); © Look and Learn

Dr Lloyd George proposes to cure the sufferer from the unemployment epidemic with four hot water bottles
KDC397332 Dr Lloyd George proposes to cure the sufferer from the unemployment epidemic with four hot water bottles, Insurance Levy, Relief Works, Loans and Export Credits, 1921 (litho) by Partridge

A Pilgrimage to Lourdes, from the cover of Sunday Sun magazine, 1899 (colour litho)
CHT174526 A Pilgrimage to Lourdes, from the cover of Sunday Sun magazine, 1899 (colour litho) by Caplain, G. (fl. 1899) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Medical assistance (watercolour)
7186154 Medical assistance (watercolour) by Geiger, Peter Johann Nepomuck (1805-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: Medical assistance)

The Open-Air Cure for Consumption at Leysin, meeting a Patient on the Arrival of the Funicular Train from Lausanne at
1040841 The Open-Air Cure for Consumption at Leysin, meeting a Patient on the Arrival of the Funicular Train from Lausanne at the Sanatorium (litho) by Lanos

The Knights Return, poem by Charles Kingsley (colour litho)
7185375 The Knights Return, poem by Charles Kingsley (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Knights Return, poem by Charles Kingsley)

Clown et pedicure. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho)
3101393 Clown et pedicure. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown et pedicure)

Bonne recommandation. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1902 (colour litho)
3100585 Bonne recommandation. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1902 (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bonne recommandation)

De Materia Medica by Dioscorides, edited with commentary by Petrus de Albano
CH438760 De Materia Medica by Dioscorides, edited with commentary by Petrus de Albano, published at Val D Elsa by Johannes de Medemblick, 1478 (leather, w/c & paper) by Italian School

La Fontaines Fables - The Doctors
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Doctors

Eruptive Fevers: Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. From The Household Physician, published c. 1898
Eruptive Fevers: Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. From The Household Physician, published c.1898

Ned Kelly in the Gaol Hospital at Melbourne. Edward " Ned" Kelly (June 1854 to 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger of Irish descent

Morris and Company tile depicting Penelope, designed by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-98), painted by Kate Faulkner, c
FIT82957 Morris and Company tile depicting Penelope, designed by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-98), painted by Kate Faulkner, c.1865 (painted earthenware) by Morris & Company; diameter

Doctor Quack (chromolitho)
7149294 Doctor Quack (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Doctor Quack. Illustration from Doctor Quack and His Comical Cures (Ernest Nister, London)

Girl with a chicken visiting children in hospital (colour litho)
7157239 Girl with a chicken visiting children in hospital (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with a chicken visiting children in hospital)

Hospitalised French soldier and his little cat (chromolitho)
7157080 Hospitalised French soldier and his little cat (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hospitalised French soldier and his little cat)

The making of Panama hats (litho)
7171283 The making of Panama hats (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The making of Panama hats)

The Convalescent; Konvalescenten, 1938-39 (lithograph printed in colours on buff grey paper)
659686 The Convalescent; Konvalescenten, 1938-39 (lithograph printed in colours on buff grey paper) by Schjerfbeck, Helene (1862-1946); 36x56 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Interior with girl crocheting, 1883
6352507 Interior with girl crocheting, 1883 by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Young boy fishing (chromolitho)
7157136 Young boy fishing (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young boy fishing)

Aesops Fables: The Lion, the Bear and the Fox (chromolitho)
7157043 Aesops Fables: The Lion, the Bear and the Fox (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aesops Fables: The Lion, the Bear and the Fox)

Boy waiting for a kettle to boil (colour litho)
7185220 Boy waiting for a kettle to boil (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy waiting for a kettle to boil)

Toddler playing with a dogs tail (colour litho)
7185216 Toddler playing with a dogs tail (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Toddler playing with a dogs tail)

Ward of the Cheyne Hospital for Children, Chelsea, London (litho)
7201929 Ward of the Cheyne Hospital for Children, Chelsea, London (litho) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ward of the Cheyne Hospital for Children, Chelsea, London)

Looking for Father (engraving)
7188217 Looking for Father (engraving) by Calderon, Philip Hermogenes (1833-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Looking for Father. Illustration for Home Words (1885).); © Look and Learn

Patience and Trust (colour litho)
7184057 Patience and Trust (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patience and Trust. Illustration for The Prize, 1896.); © Look and Learn

Jobs Patience, Job, Chapter I, Verse 14 (engraving)
7162209 Jobs Patience, Job, Chapter I, Verse 14 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jobs Patience, Job, Chapter I, Verse 14)

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In the depths of history, the concept of "patient" has evolved alongside humanity's pursuit for medical care and understanding. From the haunting silhouettes of World War I soldiers, their bodies bearing witness to the horrors of battle, to the delicate intricacies revealed by a 3D angiogram in 1981, our journey through healing is as diverse as it is profound. It was in 1846 that a groundbreaking milestone forever changed surgery - the first use of anesthesia. This revolutionary discovery brought relief to countless individuals who previously endured unimaginable pain during procedures. In those early days, patients were often confined within asylum walls under Charcot's watchful eye, seeking solace from their troubled minds. The X-ray C017 / 7187 reveals a broken wrist bone frozen in time - a testament to both human fragility and resilience. Across continents and centuries, hospitals like Whipps Cross Hospital in Essex became beacons of hope for those seeking comfort amidst illness or injury. Even dentistry had its place in this narrative; Victorian scrap captures an unsettling scene where a dentist pulls a tooth with determination etched on his face. Yet progress prevailed as Florence Nightingale emerged as an emblematic figure advocating for proper healthcare practices. Pneumothorax treatment found its place among medical advancements too - captured vividly through an X-ray image that showcases not only cause but also effect. Meanwhile, H. M Bateman's cartoon humorously depicts the trials faced by dentists throughout history. In Cuba around 1900, Dr. Carlos Finlay and Dr. Walter Reed stood at the forefront of conquering Yellow Fever after years plagued by its devastating effects on communities. Their collaboration paved the way for inoculations against this deadly disease. Looking back further still into ancient times brings us face-to-face with trepanation depicted in mesmerizing artwork from the fourteenth century - revealing mankind's earliest attempts at cranial surgery.