15 Creepy Vintage Medical Photos
Published in Entertainment at April 13th, 2017 at 9:10 AM
The field of medicine has come a long way over the course of human history, even over the last 100 years things are drastically different. Take a look at some of these vintage medical photos and thanks your lucky stars that you didn't have to go to one of these hospitals.
The Invalid Chair
A child wheeling around in what was known as the invalid chair.
Radioactive Water
Who would need radiated water?
Legal Heroin
Heroin was available until the 1920s.
Snug as a Bug
Treating those with mental illnesses by wrapping them in wet blankets.
Early Doctors Tool
Doctors weren't allowed to touch females, so they had to point to these dolls to show what was wrong.
Giving Birth Wasn't So Easy
A birthing chair to do exactly what it sounds like.
Defribillator
This is an old time defibrillator.
Physical therapy machine
Physical therapy machines from the early turn of the century.
Blood Transfuser
This was what was used to do blood transfusions.
Early Prosthetics
A patient shows her prosthetic leg but is too embarrassed to show her face.
Iron Lung
A multi layer iron lung for polio sufferers.
Radiologist Uniform
This was the gear used by radiologists.
Pain Killers
Cocaine was used in pain killers until early 20 century.
Oxygen Masks
This was the equivalent of today's oxygen masks.
Self Surgery
A doctor performs surgery on himself in 1972.
