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Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), known as the 'Elephant Man', suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a congenital disorder. Standing profile engravings of Merrick were published in the British Medical Journal in 1886. He was portrayed by John Hurt in the 1980 film THE ELEPHANT MAN
Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), known as the 'Elephant Man', suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a congenital disorder. Standing profile engravings of Merrick were published in the British Medical Journal in 1886. He was portrayed by John Hurt in the 1980 film THE ELEPHANT MAN

EVB2936380: Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), known as the 'Elephant Man', suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a congenital disorder. Standing profile engravings of Merrick were published in the British Medical Journal in 1886. He was portrayed by John Hurt in the 1980 film THE ELEPHANT MAN / Bridgeman Images

Africans of Natal, now a province in eastern Republic of South Africa, line up for vaccination during an 1904 smallpox epidemic after the Colonial government ordered universal vaccination. The woman at the head of the line looks away as the vaccine is administered to her arm
Africans of Natal, now a province in eastern Republic of South Africa, line up for vaccination during an 1904 smallpox epidemic after the Colonial government ordered universal vaccination. The woman at the head of the line looks away as the vaccine is administered to her arm

EVB2936416: Africans of Natal, now a province in eastern Republic of South Africa, line up for vaccination during an 1904 smallpox epidemic after the Colonial government ordered universal vaccination. The woman at the head of the line looks away as the vaccine is administered to her arm / Bridgeman Images

Jonas E. Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher who developed the first Polio vaccine, holding tray of test tubes. c. 1955
Jonas E. Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher who developed the first Polio vaccine, holding tray of test tubes. c. 1955

EVB2936419: Jonas E. Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher who developed the first Polio vaccine, holding tray of test tubes. c. 1955 / Bridgeman Images

Patients and nuns at the Hospital of Hotel Dieu in Paris. Interior of a medieval ward with patients (some two to a bed) being attended by nuns, one of whom is taking a patient's pulse. 19th century wood engraving after painting in 'Le Livre de Vie Active de l'Hotel Dieu' , c.1482
Patients and nuns at the Hospital of Hotel Dieu in Paris. Interior of a medieval ward with patients (some two to a bed) being attended by nuns, one of whom is taking a patient's pulse. 19th century wood engraving after painting in 'Le Livre de Vie Active de l'Hotel Dieu' , c.1482

EVB2936422: Patients and nuns at the Hospital of Hotel Dieu in Paris. Interior of a medieval ward with patients (some two to a bed) being attended by nuns, one of whom is taking a patient's pulse. 19th century wood engraving after painting in 'Le Livre de Vie Active de l'Hotel Dieu' , c.1482 / Bridgeman Images

Diphtheria antitoxin was made by inoculating horses with diphtheria bacteria, then bleeding the animals to obtain their blood serum. The serum neutralized the diphtheria toxin causing the patient’s symptoms
Diphtheria antitoxin was made by inoculating horses with diphtheria bacteria, then bleeding the animals to obtain their blood serum. The serum neutralized the diphtheria toxin causing the patient’s symptoms

EVB2936428: Diphtheria antitoxin was made by inoculating horses with diphtheria bacteria, then bleeding the animals to obtain their blood serum. The serum neutralized the diphtheria toxin causing the patient’s symptoms / Bridgeman Images

A pregnant woman sitting in a birthing chair is being attended to by three midwives, one ready to receive the baby, the second standing behind the chair, and the third standing at the woman's side comforting her. Implements are on a table in background. Engraving from Swiss physician, Jakob Rueff's, THE CONCEPTION AND GROWTH OF MAN, 1580
A pregnant woman sitting in a birthing chair is being attended to by three midwives, one ready to receive the baby, the second standing behind the chair, and the third standing at the woman's side comforting her. Implements are on a table in background. Engraving from Swiss physician, Jakob Rueff's, THE CONCEPTION AND GROWTH OF MAN, 1580

EVB2936440: A pregnant woman sitting in a birthing chair is being attended to by three midwives, one ready to receive the baby, the second standing behind the chair, and the third standing at the woman's side comforting her. Implements are on a table in background. Engraving from Swiss physician, Jakob Rueff's, THE CONCEPTION AND GROWTH OF MAN, 1580 / Bridgeman Images

Public health education in Red China, 1957 (poster)
Public health education in Red China, 1957 (poster)

EVB2936446: Public health education in Red China, 1957 (poster) / Bridgeman Images

Fully dressed female patient lying on the operating table, surrounded by the surgeons of Massachusetts General Hospital in one of the earliest operations performed under ether anesthesia. Among the surgeons is Dr. John Collins Warren, the doctor who first demonstrated surgical anesthesia
Fully dressed female patient lying on the operating table, surrounded by the surgeons of Massachusetts General Hospital in one of the earliest operations performed under ether anesthesia. Among the surgeons is Dr. John Collins Warren, the doctor who first demonstrated surgical anesthesia

EVB2936467: Fully dressed female patient lying on the operating table, surrounded by the surgeons of Massachusetts General Hospital in one of the earliest operations performed under ether anesthesia. Among the surgeons is Dr. John Collins Warren, the doctor who first demonstrated surgical anesthesia / Bridgeman Images

CAT (computer-aided tomography) scan being performed on a patient at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 1987
CAT (computer-aided tomography) scan being performed on a patient at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 1987

EVB2936473: CAT (computer-aided tomography) scan being performed on a patient at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 1987 / Bridgeman Images

Title page to the treatise on urine analysis in the late medieval book, HORTUS SANITATIS (Origin of Health). The book describes herbal remedies and cites the works of Galen, Albertus Magnus and Dioscorides. 1491 woodcut
Title page to the treatise on urine analysis in the late medieval book, HORTUS SANITATIS (Origin of Health). The book describes herbal remedies and cites the works of Galen, Albertus Magnus and Dioscorides. 1491 woodcut

EVB2936488: Title page to the treatise on urine analysis in the late medieval book, HORTUS SANITATIS (Origin of Health). The book describes herbal remedies and cites the works of Galen, Albertus Magnus and Dioscorides. 1491 woodcut / Bridgeman Images

'The Symbolical Head, Illustrating All the Phrenological Developments of the Human Head,' was created by the leading American phrenologists, brothers Niles Fowler (1811-1896) and Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887)
'The Symbolical Head, Illustrating All the Phrenological Developments of the Human Head,' was created by the leading American phrenologists, brothers Niles Fowler (1811-1896) and Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887)

EVB2936611: 'The Symbolical Head, Illustrating All the Phrenological Developments of the Human Head,' was created by the leading American phrenologists, brothers Niles Fowler (1811-1896) and Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887) / Bridgeman Images

Human head and shoulders with heart and brain shown; some of the senses and their corresponding body parts, as well as particular sections of the brain, are identified. From anatomy text by Matthias Qualle, 1513
Human head and shoulders with heart and brain shown; some of the senses and their corresponding body parts, as well as particular sections of the brain, are identified. From anatomy text by Matthias Qualle, 1513

EVB2936638: Human head and shoulders with heart and brain shown; some of the senses and their corresponding body parts, as well as particular sections of the brain, are identified. From anatomy text by Matthias Qualle, 1513 / Bridgeman Images

Circulation of the blood from William Harvey's ON THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART AND BLOOD, 1628. Illustrations of a tourniqueted human forearms with pronounced superficial blood veins to indicate circulation. Fig. 3: Blood flow is blocked at two points, O and H. At O, the blood pools in a valve and does not flow toward the hand, but flows toward the heart. Fig. 4: Blood flow is blocked at two points, M and N, with no valve within section
Circulation of the blood from William Harvey's ON THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART AND BLOOD, 1628. Illustrations of a tourniqueted human forearms with pronounced superficial blood veins to indicate circulation. Fig. 3: Blood flow is blocked at two points, O and H. At O, the blood pools in a valve and does not flow toward the hand, but flows toward the heart. Fig. 4: Blood flow is blocked at two points, M and N, with no valve within section

EVB2936644: Circulation of the blood from William Harvey's ON THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART AND BLOOD, 1628. Illustrations of a tourniqueted human forearms with pronounced superficial blood veins to indicate circulation. Fig. 3: Blood flow is blocked at two points, O and H. At O, the blood pools in a valve and does not flow toward the hand, but flows toward the heart. Fig. 4: Blood flow is blocked at two points, M and N, with no valve within section / Bridgeman Images

Front and back view of an idealized, fully proportioned nude woman, 1586 (engraving)
Front and back view of an idealized, fully proportioned nude woman, 1586 (engraving)

EVB2936659: Front and back view of an idealized, fully proportioned nude woman, 1586 (engraving), della Porta, Giambattista (c.1535-1615) / Bridgeman Images

A pregnant woman, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, authored by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (c. 1370-1423). Figure showing arteries, internal organs including the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys. The fetus is in the breach position and attached to the heart by an artery. Copy completed by Hasan ibn Ahmad, working in Isfahan, in 1488
A pregnant woman, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, authored by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (c. 1370-1423). Figure showing arteries, internal organs including the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys. The fetus is in the breach position and attached to the heart by an artery. Copy completed by Hasan ibn Ahmad, working in Isfahan, in 1488

EVB2936594: A pregnant woman, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, authored by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (c. 1370-1423). Figure showing arteries, internal organs including the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys. The fetus is in the breach position and attached to the heart by an artery. Copy completed by Hasan ibn Ahmad, working in Isfahan, in 1488 / Bridgeman Images

Guillaume Duchenne (1806-1875), French physician, demonstrating the use of electrotherapy. He applied electrodes to the cheeks of a woman to stimulate the facial muscles, at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. 1861
Guillaume Duchenne (1806-1875), French physician, demonstrating the use of electrotherapy. He applied electrodes to the cheeks of a woman to stimulate the facial muscles, at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. 1861

EVB2936621: Guillaume Duchenne (1806-1875), French physician, demonstrating the use of electrotherapy. He applied electrodes to the cheeks of a woman to stimulate the facial muscles, at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. 1861 / Bridgeman Images

Portrait of Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina called Avicenna (engraving)
Portrait of Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina called Avicenna (engraving)

EVB2936690: Portrait of Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina called Avicenna (engraving), Thevet, Andre (1504-92) (after) / Bridgeman Images

Donora, Pennsylvania, as seen from Webster, Pa., across the Monongahela River in 1949. In October 1948 a smog cloud of sulfuric acid, nitrogen dioxide and fluorine, was trapped in a three day air inversion that resulted in 70 deaths
Donora, Pennsylvania, as seen from Webster, Pa., across the Monongahela River in 1949. In October 1948 a smog cloud of sulfuric acid, nitrogen dioxide and fluorine, was trapped in a three day air inversion that resulted in 70 deaths

EVB2936699: Donora, Pennsylvania, as seen from Webster, Pa., across the Monongahela River in 1949. In October 1948 a smog cloud of sulfuric acid, nitrogen dioxide and fluorine, was trapped in a three day air inversion that resulted in 70 deaths / Bridgeman Images

Two Spanish-American boys in a one-room school in the New Mexican mountains. The school had eight grades taught by two Spanish speaking teachers. 1943 photograph by John Collier
Two Spanish-American boys in a one-room school in the New Mexican mountains. The school had eight grades taught by two Spanish speaking teachers. 1943 photograph by John Collier

EVB2936714: Two Spanish-American boys in a one-room school in the New Mexican mountains. The school had eight grades taught by two Spanish speaking teachers. 1943 photograph by John Collier / Bridgeman Images

Arab Anti-Zionist demonstration is outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Jewish people are watching demonstration near door. March 8, 1920
Arab Anti-Zionist demonstration is outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Jewish people are watching demonstration near door. March 8, 1920

EVB2936729: Arab Anti-Zionist demonstration is outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Jewish people are watching demonstration near door. March 8, 1920, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

Ellis Island provided new immigrants with services to prevent their exploitation by dishonest moneychangers. The Money Exchange converted their currencies without charge. c. 1910
Ellis Island provided new immigrants with services to prevent their exploitation by dishonest moneychangers. The Money Exchange converted their currencies without charge. c. 1910

EVB2936774: Ellis Island provided new immigrants with services to prevent their exploitation by dishonest moneychangers. The Money Exchange converted their currencies without charge. c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

Group of Jewish immigrants harvesting hay on the Ein Gev Kibbutz on the east side of the Sea of Galilee, c.1937-39 (b/w photo)
Group of Jewish immigrants harvesting hay on the Ein Gev Kibbutz on the east side of the Sea of Galilee, c.1937-39 (b/w photo)

EVB2936813: Group of Jewish immigrants harvesting hay on the Ein Gev Kibbutz on the east side of the Sea of Galilee, c.1937-39 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Group portrait of members of a Jewish kibbutz, in Palestine. c. 1920-39
Group portrait of members of a Jewish kibbutz, in Palestine. c. 1920-39

EVB2936816: Group portrait of members of a Jewish kibbutz, in Palestine. c. 1920-39 / Bridgeman Images

Three cheerful men (probably Germans), share a meal and a bottle on the immigrant ship the PRESIDENT GRANT of the Hamburg American Line at the end of its voyage in New York Harbor. c. 1910
Three cheerful men (probably Germans), share a meal and a bottle on the immigrant ship the PRESIDENT GRANT of the Hamburg American Line at the end of its voyage in New York Harbor. c. 1910

EVB2936837: Three cheerful men (probably Germans), share a meal and a bottle on the immigrant ship the PRESIDENT GRANT of the Hamburg American Line at the end of its voyage in New York Harbor. c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

Syrian-Lebanese American children working as Cranberry pickers in East Wareham, Massachusetts. September 1911 photograph by Lewis Hine
Syrian-Lebanese American children working as Cranberry pickers in East Wareham, Massachusetts. September 1911 photograph by Lewis Hine

EVB2936843: Syrian-Lebanese American children working as Cranberry pickers in East Wareham, Massachusetts. September 1911 photograph by Lewis Hine, Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940) / Bridgeman Images

Japanese American women, laundering their families' clothes in metal washtubs during their three month incarceration at Pinedale Assembly Center. 4,823 internees were later sent to permanent internment camps for the duration of World War II. c. April 1942
Japanese American women, laundering their families' clothes in metal washtubs during their three month incarceration at Pinedale Assembly Center. 4,823 internees were later sent to permanent internment camps for the duration of World War II. c. April 1942

EVB2936873: Japanese American women, laundering their families' clothes in metal washtubs during their three month incarceration at Pinedale Assembly Center. 4,823 internees were later sent to permanent internment camps for the duration of World War II. c. April 1942 / Bridgeman Images

Five smiling Japanese American women internees at Tule Lake Relocation Center during World War II
Five smiling Japanese American women internees at Tule Lake Relocation Center during World War II

EVB2936876: Five smiling Japanese American women internees at Tule Lake Relocation Center during World War II, Russell, Lee (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images

Woodcut of a hand with palmist markings to aid the interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand in fortune telling. From Magnus Hundt's ANTROPOLOGIUM, 1501, an anatomical text that interpreted anatomy physiologically, philosophically, and religiously
Woodcut of a hand with palmist markings to aid the interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand in fortune telling. From Magnus Hundt's ANTROPOLOGIUM, 1501, an anatomical text that interpreted anatomy physiologically, philosophically, and religiously

EVB2936646: Woodcut of a hand with palmist markings to aid the interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand in fortune telling. From Magnus Hundt's ANTROPOLOGIUM, 1501, an anatomical text that interpreted anatomy physiologically, philosophically, and religiously / Bridgeman Images

Frederick Banting (1891-1941), Canadian physician who, with Charles H. Best, was the first to extract (1921) the hormone insulin from the pancreas
Frederick Banting (1891-1941), Canadian physician who, with Charles H. Best, was the first to extract (1921) the hormone insulin from the pancreas

EVB2936664: Frederick Banting (1891-1941), Canadian physician who, with Charles H. Best, was the first to extract (1921) the hormone insulin from the pancreas / Bridgeman Images

Physicists Pierre and Marie in their Paris laboratory, 1904, shortly after they were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for their study of radioactivity. From LE PETIT PARISIEN, January 1904
Physicists Pierre and Marie in their Paris laboratory, 1904, shortly after they were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for their study of radioactivity. From LE PETIT PARISIEN, January 1904

EVB2936694: Physicists Pierre and Marie in their Paris laboratory, 1904, shortly after they were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for their study of radioactivity. From LE PETIT PARISIEN, January 1904 / Bridgeman Images

Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers
Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers

EVB2936718: Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers / Bridgeman Images

Judah P. Benjamin was the first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate, c.1850 (photo)
Judah P. Benjamin was the first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate, c.1850 (photo)

EVB2936730: Judah P. Benjamin was the first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate, c.1850 (photo), Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

Seven Ashkenazi Jewish men, 1876 (photo)
Seven Ashkenazi Jewish men, 1876 (photo)

EVB2936736: Seven Ashkenazi Jewish men, 1876 (photo), Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

Lillian Wald (1867-1940), American nurse and social worker. She worked as a visiting nurse in poor neighborhoods in New York City, founded the Henry Street Settlement, and greatly influenced public health and social work
Lillian Wald (1867-1940), American nurse and social worker. She worked as a visiting nurse in poor neighborhoods in New York City, founded the Henry Street Settlement, and greatly influenced public health and social work

EVB2936704: Lillian Wald (1867-1940), American nurse and social worker. She worked as a visiting nurse in poor neighborhoods in New York City, founded the Henry Street Settlement, and greatly influenced public health and social work / Bridgeman Images

Barefoot women immigrants at Ellis Island are from the Caribbean. c. 1910
Barefoot women immigrants at Ellis Island are from the Caribbean. c. 1910

EVB2936776: Barefoot women immigrants at Ellis Island are from the Caribbean. c. 1910, Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944) / Bridgeman Images

Steerage passengers relaxing on the open desk of an immigrant ship in smooth water
Steerage passengers relaxing on the open desk of an immigrant ship in smooth water

EVB2936830: Steerage passengers relaxing on the open desk of an immigrant ship in smooth water / Bridgeman Images


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