1. Masks worn by doctors during the Plague. The beaks held scented substances 2. Children in an iron lung before the advent of the polio vaccination. Many children lived for months in these machines, though not all survived. c. 1937 3. Corset damage to a ribcage. 19th century London 4. Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy 5. Tanning babies at the Chicago Orphan Asylum, 1925, to offset winter rickets 6. Woman with an artificial leg, too embarrassed to show her face c. 1890-1900 7. Wooden prosthetic hand, c. 1800 8. Selection of some items used to disguise facial injuries. Early plastic surgery. 9. Blood transfusion bottle, England 1978 10. Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus advertisement, 1878 11. Neurological exam with electrical device, c. 1884 12. Antique prosthetic leg 13. US Civil War surgeon's kit 14. "Walter Reed physiotherapy store" 1920's 15. Boy in rolling "invalid cart" c. 1915 16. Obstetric phantom, Italy 1700-1800. Tool to teach medical students and midwives about childbirth 17. Radioactive yummies 18. Lewis Sayre's scoliosis treatment 19. Claude Becks early defibulator 20. Antique birthing chair used until the 1800s 21. Knives for surgery, China, 1801-1920. 22. Anatomical Model. Doctors were not allowed to touch the women's bodies, so they would point to describe pain locations 23. Radiology nurse technician, WWI France 1918 24. 1855-1860. One of first surgical procedures using ether as an anesthetic 25. Rush Medical College lecture auditorium, 1900, Chicago 26. 27. Leonid Rogozov, the only surgeon on an Antarctic expedition, performing surgery on himself after suffering from appendicitis. April 30, 1961 28. Source
