Therapy Collection

Development of Mesmeric Science, 1883. Artist: George du Maurier
Development of Mesmeric Science, 1883. The fatal Mesmeric Duel in the Bois de Boulogne, between the Chevalier Lenoir, of Paris, and Professor Schwartz, of Berlin

Mr Sandow Attending To His Days Correspondence, c1898. Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was a German pioneering bodybuilder known as the father of modern bodybuilding

Hoodia gordonii (Bushman's hat), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hoodia gordonii (Bushman's hat), 1777-1786

Portrait of Shelly Manne, 1947 or 1948. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Shelly Manne, 1947 or 1948

Electropathic Battery Belt, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Electropathic Battery Belt, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Winter entertainments at St. Luke's Hospital: vocal and instrumental concert on Wednesday week
Winter entertainments at St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, [Old Street, London]: vocal and instrumental concert on Wednesday week, 1862

An Oiran Seated in a Parlor Applies the Fire Treatment to the Bared Back of Another Woman

Hypnotism, ca. 1845. Creator: John Adams Whipple
Hypnotism, ca. 1845

Mercurialis, (1530-1606), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Mercurialis, (1530-1606), 1830. Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606) Italian philologist and physician, famous for his work De Arte Gymnastica one of the first explanations of physiotherapy

Advertisement of the Cardo Spa (Tarragona)

The Bagpipers, c. 1642 (engraving)

Convalescent Hospital - How soon shall I be able to fly again?, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Convalescent Hospital - How soon shall I be able to fly again?, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Convalescent Hospital - Pulling his weight, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Convalescent Hospital - Pulling his weight, A serviceman using a weights machine to strengthen his muscles after being wounded. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

Trephination, 1593. Using an elevator to remove a piece of bone from the skull. Trephination as a therapeutic or magico-religious procedure dates back to Neolithic times

The treatment of German wounded, 1915. Exercising the muscles of the arms by means of embroidery work. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915

A Corner of the Ladies Exercise Hall, c1898. The Sandow Institute of Curative Physical Therapeutics, of 32A, St. Jamess Street, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XXV. [The Connoisseur Ltd

One of the Spacious Exercise Halls, c1898. The Sandow Institute of Curative Physical Therapeutics, at 32A, St. Jamess Street, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XXV. [The Connoisseur Ltd

One of the Reception Rooms at the Sandow Institute, c1898. Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was a German pioneering bodybuilder known as the father of modern bodybuilding

Cupping, wet and dry, as a therapeutic measure, Africa, 1922. Artist: FW Taylor
Cupping, wet and dry, as a therapeutic measure, Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Mineral water baths, Pyatigorsk, Russia, 1900s-1910s
Mineral water baths, Pyatigorsk, Russia, c1900s-c1910s. Pyatigorsk is a city in the northern Caucasus. It has been a spa resort since the early 19th century. From a private collection

The Clinic of Balneotherapy, Yessentuki, Russia, 1915. Situated in the northern Caucasus, Yessentuki has been a popular spa resort since the 19th century due to the properties of the mineral water

Interior view of the Clinic of Balneotherapy, Mineralnye Vody, Russia, 1910s. Mineralnye Vody is one of several spa resorts in the northern Caucasus

Villa Tournesol, 1899. A revolving clinic designed to take full advantage of the heat and light of the sun for therapeutic purposes

Mesmers tub, 1779 (1875). In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism

Acupuncture chart for the rear of the body, Japanese, 19th century

Acupuncture chart for the front of the body, Japanese, 19th century

Acupuncture chart, 19th century

Mesmers tub, c1870. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism

Caricature of Franz Anton Mesmer, c1785. He is depicted as an ass hypnotising a female subject with a finger. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de

Print satirising Franz Anton Mesmer, 1784
Print satirising Mesmer, 1784. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism

Once More into the Sun, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Wounded German officers in the Germany military hospital at Versailles being given fresh air and sunshine to aid their recovery

Treatment of Tuberculosis using electricity, 1901. Francisque Crotte demonstrating his cure for tuberculosis using electricity produced by an electrostatic machine

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