EVB2936590: Adah B. Thoms (1870-1943), African American registered nurse who co-founded the National Association of Colored Nurses (with Martha Franklin) in 1912. The organization campaigned for integration of black nurses in hospitals, in nursing education, and in the U.S. military. Print from PATHFINDERS, A HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF COLORED GRADUATE NUYRSES, 1927, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936674: Paul Ehrlich (1854-1918), German medical scientist experimented with chemical treatments to destroy pathogens and their ill effects on humans. His greatest discovery was an arsenic based medicine that was the first effective treatment for syphilis in 1910, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936505: Polio (Poliomyelitis) virus, the cause of Infantile Paralysis, was discovered in 1908 by Karl Landsteiner. The vaccine for polio was developed between 1948 and 1953, when the researchers were able to grow large amounts of the virus, and Jonas Salk developed a safe killed-virus vaccine, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936583: Detention room in London's Bridewell Hospital, for homeless, impoverished, and probably single or unwed mothers. British Poor Law required paupers be returned to their rural parishes, who were responsible for the local care of the poor. Before return, the women paupers and their children were detained in low stalls with hay for bedding. Drawing by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin, c. 1808 / Bridgeman Images