Ailments Collection (page 8)

Immature Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus), Alberta Bird Of Prey Centre, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada. This Centre Rehabilitates Injured Birds And Releases Them Back To The Wild Whenever Possible

GOUT
Diagram to show how various parts of the body are affected by the inflammatory symptoms of gout

Influenza / Fumigator / 1900
Advertisement for " Sanitas" fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections

Rabies / Bitten / Petit J
A rabid and hydrophobic dog causes chaos in a French barbershop

Mesmer Baquet
Mesmers octagonal baquet, showing how eight patients could sit round it and be cured of 8 different ailments simultaneously, from hydropsis to the stone

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1885
Electropathic Battery Belt, restorer of impaired vital energy and its unvarying success. 1885

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1885
Patent harnesses for men and women, effectual remedy for illnesses, with testimonials. 1885

Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1888
Harness Electropathic belt treatment. 1888

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1886
Heath restored by means of mild continuous currents of electricity (without shock) generated by wearing. Thousands have been successfully treated for nervous exhaustion, brain-fag, melancholia

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1892
Seeing is Believing! Harness electropathic corset belts, cures thousands of sufferers without the aid of poisonous drugs or quark nostrums. 1892

Advert for Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt 1893
Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt, scientifically tested and guaranteed genuine. 1893

Advert for Luxurious thermal bath cabinet 1902
It opens the 7, 000, 000 pores, and sweats out all poisons. Cures all disease without medicine. 1902

Advert for Foots patent cabinet bath 1902
Foots patent cabinet bath, used in the private of your home, benefits of vapour, medicated, perfumed, or oxygen baths, claims to keep blood pure, prevent sickness, stopping colds, curing Rheumatism

The Dispensary at the London Hospital, Whitechapel
Patients with a variety of ailments being administered medicine at the Dispensary at the London Hospital in Whitechapel, East London in 1888. Date: 1888

Advert for Dr. Scotts electric hair brush 1881
Dr. Scott s, (George Augustus Scott), electric hair brush made from pure bristles, no wires, supposedly producing an electric current

Advert for Harness Electropathic Belt 1889
Health restored by means of mild continuous currents of electricity generated (without shock) by wearing Harness Electropathic Belt, thousands have been treated

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1889
They cure nervous weakness, sleeplessness, neuralgia, debility, rheumatic affections, liver and kidney disorders, internal weakness and hysteria. 1889

Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1891
Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs or quack nostrums. Claims to cure all rheumatic and nervous affections. 1891

Advert for Harness electropathic corset belts 1887
Advert for Harness electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs, for ladies and gentlemen, claims to cure a variety of ailments from nevous affections, depression, sleeplessness

Christmas card in the shape of medicines -- Seidlitz Powders and Liver Pills (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of medicines
Greetings card in the shape of a bottle of medicine (labelled black draught) and a box of little blue pills. circa 1890s

Tense, Nervous Headache?
A young woman lies in bed with an awful headache or migrane. Date: 1960s

Advert for Homocea, babies medicine 1894
Homocea touches the spot in croup and all similar ailments Available from Hooper, Chemist, King William Street, London. 1894

Rickets Patient
A child afflicted with rickets. Date: circa 1870

EPILEPSY
Diagram to show an unconscious victim of a strong epilectic attack Date: 1883

Diagram / Diabetes / 1883
Diagram to show the damage inflicted on the organs of the body during the final stages of diabetes Date: 1883

Roux Treatment / Diphtheri
A young child being treated for diphtheria by Dr. Roux (a French physician and bacteriologist) Date: 1894

Advert for Electropathic & Zander Institute 1892
Electropathic treatment showing the interior of a private consulting and treatment room in Oxford Street, the comfortable Harness Belt for men and women that gives support

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1892
Mr. C. B Harness the president of the Institute and the other officers of the Company, may consulted free of charge on all matters relating to health and the application of curative electricity

Advert for Harness Electropathic Belt 1892
Comfortable to wear and guaranteed, the Harness Electropathic Belt, with a mild continuous current of electricity which cannot fail to invigorate the debilitated constitution. 1892

Advert for Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt 1891
Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt, magneto-electric battery Co. 1891

Advertisement for Beechams Powders - Act like magic! Suitable for the treatment of chills, colds and flu. Date: 1930

Typhus Sufferers in Kniagin, Russia
Bedridden Typhus sufferers in the Russian provence of Kniagin. Date: 1891 - 1892

Train Transporting Typhoid Sufferers
A Russian train being used as a temporary hospital specialising in treatment for patients suffering from Typhoid fever. Date: 1920

The Compliments of the Season, Kibe Heels & Chillblains, c. 1785 (etching)
XJF869679 The Compliments of the Season, Kibe Heels & Chillblains, c.1785 (etching) by Bunbury, Henry William (1750-1811) (after); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Death and the Apothecary or The Quack Doctor, illustration
XCF290963 Death and the Apothecary or The Quack Doctor, illustration from The English Dance of Death, published by R. Ackermann, London 1815-17 (colour etching) by Rowlandson

Old Mrs Snooksons Husband view on his drinking ailment
" Well, hows your Husband, Mrs Snookson?" " O! Es very bad, poor ear Es such a martyr to Delerium Tremins." !!

Christmas card in the shape of medicines
Christmas card in the shape of a bottle of medicine and boxes of pills for various ailments. circa 1890s

Picture No. 10862689
Red bush apples (Syzygium suborbiculare) can be eaten raw; juice from cooked fruits taken for respiratory ailments; fruit pulp applied to sore ears. Top End, .Northern Territory, Australia Date:

Medical / Ailments / Rickets
The terrible body deformation caused by rickets. Date: circa 1870

Hammerblow Cure
In the Correges, France, there is a tradition that a child can be cured of certain ailments if laid on a black- smiths anvil and a mighty blow struck close to its head. Date: 1901

Breton Pardon at Baud
A Breton pardon at Baud, where the waters of the Fontaine de la Clarte are said to protect the eyes or even heal eye ailments Date: 1925

Map of diseases, 15th century diagram
Map of diseases. 15th century diagram with Latin text illustrating which diseases commonly afflict specific parts of the body

Common diseases, 15th century diagram
Common diseases. 15th century diagram with Latin text illustrating which diseases commonly afflict the body. The diagram, known as a disease man

Lourdes - Pilgrims Shelter
Lourdes, France - the interior of the pilgrims shelter. Believers line the interior of the building, seated in bath chairs

Advertisement for the doctor James Hallett
Undated advertisement for the " doctor" James Hallett, " the original curer of all diseases", listing all the diseases and ailments he is able to cure by herbs and ointments

Twisted Spine
19-year old Mary Elizabeth Houghtons twisted back excites the interest of surgeons

Yellow Fever Victim
A yellow fever victim

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From the curious Carbolic Smoke Ball of 1893 to the infamous Gout Devil Bites in 1799, history is filled with peculiar remedies for various ailments. The past is a treasure trove of bizarre and sometimes dangerous attempts at finding relief. Take, for instance, the case of Bunbury and his gout - a condition that plagued many throughout time. In 1883, Syphilis was a grave concern, leading desperate individuals to seek unconventional treatments. Even renowned figures like Enos Cockerel and Valentine Greatrakes were believed to possess healing powers beyond explanation. As time progressed, new challenges emerged, such as the flu pandemic that prompted the use of anti-flu masks or Typhoid Mary's notorious role in spreading disease. Tuberculosis sufferers faced isolation and stigma due to their condition while others sought solace in unusual activities like "Gout Man Fishes at Home. " In an ever-evolving world seeking solutions for health issues, advertisements played their part too. One notable example was an advert from 1912 promoting Foots Safety Bath Cabinets as a means to alleviate foot-related discomfort. These glimpses into medical history remind us how far we have come in understanding ailments and treating them effectively. While some methods may seem outlandish today, they reflect humanity's relentless pursuit of well-being across centuries - a testament to our unwavering determination when it comes to conquering afflictions both known and unknown.