Regine March 12, 2008 body, photography, vintage

Medical images from the National Museum of Health and Medicine

Found on the flickr sets for unofficial ‘favorite photos’ of the staff of the Otis Historical Archives of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, in Washington DC: set 1, 2 and 3.

Orthopedics; feet of Chinese woman, bound, compared with tea cup and American woman’s shoe. World War 1 era

See also: Four x-ray views of footbinding, ca. 1948

Rhinoplasty. Loss of nose due to an injury, and replacement by a finger in 1880. Surgery by Dr. E. Hart, photo by OG Mason, both of Bellevue Hospital, NY

Ambulance drill. Four litters loaded. World War 1

On the homepage: Masks worn during experiments with Plague. Philippines, probably around 1912.

Via morbid anatomy.

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Medusa on October 28, 2010 at 5:16 pm

Laura & John,
I had to turn off the safe search on my search browser to even see these images. Why are you letting your 8 year old surf the net unsupervised? My 8 year old has limits and parental controls set up on her comp. She can’t surf unless one of us is with her. Stop with your stupid threats. As a medical student this is exactly what I was looking for. Its parents like you Laura that make me belive you should have a license to have children. Stop being a moron and blaming your poor parenting skills on someone else. Suck it and be a real parent and supervise your child instead of stuffing your face in front of the tv.