Doctor history

Vintage view of medical office staff, doctor and nurses Rochester NY

This exhibit from the National Library of Medicine presents a selection of historic postcards that span a century of nursing imagery and investigates the hold these images exert on the public imagination—then and now.

Dotheboys Hall. "It still tastes awful."

Explore markdorf9's 345 photos on Flickr!

Explore markdorf9's 345 photos on Flickr!

The now ubiquitous face mask was first used by artists working with toxic substances. See how its design and use has evolved over centuries of plagues and pathogens.

Digging up a graveyard in Lisbon, Portugal, archaeologists found the remains of a woman who had died sometime between the 15th and 18th century. They can’t be sure what killed her, but it may have been the thing that was growing inside of her womb. Because this woman had an ovarian tumor – and it had grown teeth.

Another addition to the artistic library of Medical Education.

Portrait of a surgeon S. S. Yudin is one of artworks by Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much more.