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
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
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
EVB2934015: Will Rogers and Mrs. Ed Evalyn McLean, wife of the Washington Post publisher Ned McLean, at a ballgame. Rogers wrote books, articles, and a syndicated newspaper column. Of his political reporting he said, 'I dont make jokesI just watch the government and report the facts.' October 5, 1924 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934075: Roxie Stinson having her fortune told after delivering sensational testimony at the Senate investigations of the Teapot Dome scandal. She testified in spite of intimidation from Daugherty and Billy Burns agents. Her devastating testimony prompted President Coolidge to demand their resignations. March 1924 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934240: Navy Secretary Edwin Denby with Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt Jr., leaving Budget meeting in February 1922. Denby caved in to politics, gave up control of the naval oil reserves, and then assigned his subordinate, Roosevelt, to handle the details. Roosevelt was not involved in any corruption, but was still politically damaged / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934327: McKim, Mead, and White, partners of the most prominent American architectural firm of the early 20th century, built monumental buildings of classical style. Surviving buildings include: Columbia University Library, NYC Municipal Building, and the Rhode Island State House / Bridgeman Images