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Gallstones, under magnification
No full textAn image of gallstones under microscope taken from Diseases of the liver, gall bladder, ducts & pancreas: their diagnosis & treatment by Samuel Weiss. Gallstones, caused by an excess of cholesterol, can take many sizes and shapes.Title supplied by cataloge
X-ray showing safety pin and button in a 10-day-old infant’s airway, 1934
No full textAn x-ray image showing a safety pin and a button lodged in a 10-day-old infant’s airway taken from Bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy and gastroscopy: a manual of peroral endoscopy and laryngeal surgery by Chevalier Jackson, 1934.Title supplied by cataloge
Prosthetic Arm with Springs
No full textProsthetic or artificial limbs have a long history, but they did not become common in the United States until the 1860s. During the Civil War, about 60,000 men had to have all or part of their arms or legs amputated because of battlefield injuries or later infections. For decades afterwards, it was common to see men with missing arms or artificial legs.
This prosthetic from the 1930s was meant to replace an arm lost in a farming accident. Amputation is a last resort for a damaged limb, but farm machinery may crush arms and legs, making them difficult to repair, and wounds can be dirty and become infected.
It’s unclear how helpful this prosthetic would have been for a farmer. It bends at the elbow and swivels at the wrist, but the rubber-tipped spring fingers seem to be just for show; they can’t really grip anything. By contrast, today’s most advanced robotic prosthetics can be linked to the nervous system and controlled by the brain.
Farming continues to be a highly hazardous occupation in the United States, with a mortality rate of 20.2 deaths per 100,000 workers in 2012. Every day, about 167 agricultural workers have an injury that makes them lose work time; five percent of those injuries cause permanent impairment
The Schellberg Apparatus
No full textAn image of The Schellberg Apparatus used for administering enemas, from Dr. O. Boto Schellberg's book Lectures on colonic therapy, its indications, technic and results
Children outside the Barton Dispensary and Health Clinic
No full textA press photo, circa 1929, of children standing outside of the Barton Dispensary and Health Clinic of the Hospital of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in South Philadelphia
In Memory of Dr. Robert Abbe 1851-1928
No full textImage from the title page of a small memorial volume, In Memory of Dr. Robert Abbe 1851-1928, Mosher Press, Portland ME, published on the event of Abbe's death
Report of Autopsy on the body of Dr. Robert Abbe
No full textAutopsy report for Robert Abbe. Performed at St. Luke's Hospital in New York. Includes biographical notes
Modern Treatment of the Endocrine Glands with Radium Water, cover
No full textCover image from a pamphlet advertising Radium Water for use in radium emanation therapy, popular during the early 20th century. A 1932 death from drinking this radium-enhanced water led to its discontinuation
Radium Water: A Complete Illustrated Description of the New Alpha Ray Therapy With Radithor Certified Radioactive Water
No full textPamphlet published by the Bailey Radium Laboratories that describes Radium Water's healing qualities when treating Endocrine imablances, and a whole host of other ailments.The pamphlet illustrates the history of radioactivity in mining, a scientific explanation of radioactivity, the production of Alpha Rays, and the company's own production process for Radithor and Radium Water treatments.Includes blank order form
Papillomata. Venereal Warts.
No full textA 1926 illustration shows clusters of genital warts. Taken from Gonorrhea and kindred affections; Gonorrhea in the male, chancroid and verruca acuminata by George Robertson Livermore.Title supplied by cataloge