Historical Medicine Fan Gifts

"Trepanning for gold"

'Like I said - It's non invasive surgery.'

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

Early Blood Draw

'Golfers rowing a viking longboat.'

J. Greeble, MD: Practice limited to simple, straightforward, old-fashioned diseases.

Covid Vaccines

"It might be time to put you on a stronger anti-inflammatory."

'First Rogaine, now Viagra'

An early medical case ripe for a malpractice lawsuit.

'Gesundheit! You must have an uncommon cold.'

Antique Ailments

"Take two aspirin and email me in the morning."

Hospital Gift Shop

"Oh, here's the problem. He's got a doohickey on his thingamabob."

'He says he makes house calls, and he'll be over as soon as he gets his horse back from the blacksmith.'

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

"Well it's not so much an ITCH, more a slight irritation, what could it be?"

"Take one three times a day after meals."

How to Keep the Doctors Guessing

Be In Need of Transplant Organs?

Old- Fashioned Dental Surgery

He seems healthy, but I'd like to keep him here for observation.

"I don't feel so good, Tia Carmen."

'Leeches, We're trying more traditional methods.'

The Aestetico-Neuralgicon- An Aid to Delivery of Inhaled Medicines

'Hello Mr. Perkins! Megan the giant leech and I are going to draw some of your blood now!'

"Congratulations, Mr. Roth. You are now officially a syndrome."

Hyacinthe Vincent

I'd like to try an experimental German treatment called Kwitcherbichen.

Milestone in Medicine: 'Brand new high technology, Lampwick, I'm going to bleed you!'

'You know how some people are living on borrowed time? I think one of them borrowed it from you.'

'Thing sure have changed. Fifty years ago doctors made house calls.'

Two men discussing hanging

"I'll distract him with my complete medical history, and then you can make your move."