Medicine through time

Hippocratic Bench, as illustrated in one of Galen’s works.

Surgery being performed on the eye. 1195 AD.

15th century surgical instruments.

Dutch surgeon, circa 1690.

Surgeons tools (German). 1749.

Re-enactment of the first operation that made use of ether as an anaesthetic.

1879. Ugandan image illustrating a birth by caesarian section.

19th century American operating room.

Russian image illustrating amputation. 1907.

Chinese military field unit.1949

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