Health Historian Pillows

"Well, I'm pretty sure I don't have Alzheimer's."

2020's Bug Bear

"What's that mark on your arm, Mama?"

"We're doing everything we can to make him comfortable, short of dressing up as male doctors."

'Feed a cold, starve the plague.'

Cures for Ye Plague

'These young doctors know nothing, I used to see 500 patients every day...'

Edward Jenner

Leeches, lucky charms, rat catching. The secretary of health is in.

Early Blood Draw

John Snow

"Milton finally found a doctor he can trust - one who still believes in the healing power of money."

Asylum; May contain patients with mental problems.

An early medical case ripe for a malpractice lawsuit.

'He keeps a scrapbook of newspaper articles about bathtub injuries.'

"So why is it that we only get to see you whenever you need a gruesome amputation?"

Consultation of Physicians.

"We use leeches on the test subjects and slugs on the control group."

Antique Ailments

'In this practice we like to have the best of the old with the best of the new.'

"We'll be performing the operation using original instruments."

Florence Nightingale

Early Anaesthesia

"How come we don't start plagues any more? Are we one of those boring couples?"

"They just don't make 'em like Doc Malone anymore!"

"You've omitted your previous patient experience and recommendations from two other doctors."

Press Conference

Rene Laennec

"On certain types of wounds we use lawyers instead of leeches because lawyers never seem to get their fill of blood..."

"Look, the generic ones are just as good, and your insurance doesn't cover the brand leeches."

Historic Medical Moments: The first time a body rejected a heart before it was transplanted.

Lady Physicians

Doctors Through the Ages...

Hippocrates