Medical History Guru Gifts

"I can't wait until we convert to electronic health records. Carry these is giving me backache."

"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."

Cures for Ye Plague

'Feed a cold, starve the plague.'

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

Edward Jenner

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

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

Covid Vaccines

"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.

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

Antique Ailments

"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."

"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?"

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

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

Rene Laennec

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

"I'd thought I'd lost my arm when I was hit in battle. It's amazing what they can do with reconstructive surgery these days."

Lady Physicians

Press Conference

Doctors Through the Ages...