Medical History Enthusiasts Prints

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

'I used to think I was the only one kids hated... I don't know what I'd do if it weren't for you guys.'

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

'Feed a cold, starve the plague.'

PHARMACY, 'Tell Hippocrates to write his prescriptions in Greek -- I can't read Babylonian!'

Cures for Ye Plague

Hell's Angels

Edward Jenner

Doctors in Love.

"Trepanning for gold"

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

'Medical science is this close to finding a cure for the common evil vapors.'

Early Blood Draw

John Snow

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

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

An early medical case ripe for a malpractice lawsuit.

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

Antique Ailments

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

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

Consultation of Physicians.

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

Early Anaesthesia

Florence Nightingale

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

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

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

Lady Physicians

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

Hippocrates

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

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

Rene Laennec