Note: References to Major, followed by page numbers, pertain to the following book unless otherwise noted: Major, Ralph H., A History of Medicine. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1954.

Ancient

Box No.

Image

No.

Description

Photo

Neg.

Slide

P-1

S-1

A-1

Obstetrical scene depicted on terra cotta water jug, Peru. The midwife is shown sitting behind the mother, assisting with the delivery of the child.

1

1

1

S-1

A-2

Obstetrical scene depicted on terra cotta water jug, Peru (close-up).

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-3

Uta disease depicted on terra cotta water jug, Peru. Uta, a dreaded ulcerative disease that destroyed the upper lip and nose, was often depicted on Inca pottery. Major, 18

1

1

2

S-1

A-4

Uta disease depicted on terra cotta water jug, Peru. Uta, a dreaded ulcerative disease that destroyed the upper lip and nose, was often depicted on Inca pottery. Major, 18

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-5

Poliomyelitis, shown on stele for Ruma (or Rem), Egypt, at sanctuary of goddess Astarte at Memphis c. 2000 BC. Major, 43. Note: A-5-N-4 also shows view from above of trephined skull. Major, 43

4

4

2

P-1

S-1

A-6

Arthritis, dinosaur. In the Cretaceous era, the period of the extinction of the great reptiles, there is evidence of opisthotonos, osteomata, exostoses, dental caries, arthritis and osteoperiostitis. Major, 3.

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-7

Osteosis, P. Erectus. In the Cretaceous era, the period of the extinction of the great reptiles, there is evidence of opisthotonos, osteomata, exostoses, dental caries, arthritis and osteoperiostitis. Major, 3.

 

1

2

P-1

S-1

A-8

Hippocrates, statue. Hippocrates (460-377 BC) established high standards of medical ethics and stressed compassion in dealing with patients.

5

2

2

S-1

A-9

Temple of Asklepios, Epidaurus, bas-relief votive. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-10

Temple of Asklepios, Epidaurus, votive tablet. Major, 103-10

1

 

1

 

A-11

Number inadvertently not assigned.

     

P-1

S-1

A-12

Temple of Asklepios, Oropos, votive tablet with script. Major, 103-10

3

1

1

P-1

A-13

Votive tablet [shows several]. Major, 103-10

 

1

1

S-1

A-14

Temple of Asklepios, Oropos, votive tablet, healing shoulder, bas-relief. Major, 103-10

   

1

S-1

A-15

Votive, Athens, bas-relief. Which temple? Major, 103-10

   

1

S-1

A-16

Votive tablet: ears, bas-relief. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-17

Temple of Asklepios, Athens, votive tablet, phlebitis. Major, 103-10

1

 

1

S-1

A-18

Votive tablets, several. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-19

Temple of Asklepios, Corinth, votive offerings. Major, 103-10

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-20

Temple of Asklepios, Corinth, votive offerings. Major, 103-10

 

1

1

S-1

A-21

Temple of Asklepios, unidentified location. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-22

Temple of Asklepios, Hieron, reconstruction. Excavations, 1881; buildings from 500 BC on. Major, 116.

1

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-23

Temple of Asklepios, Thalos, reconstruction. This temple, built 360 BC, was designed by the architect Polyclitus and included a sacred well. Major, 103-10

2

 

1

P-1

A-24

Temple of Asklepios, Athens, restoration. Major, 103-10

 

1

 

S-1

A-25

Temple of Asklepios, Epidaurus, theater. The theater, described as the most beautiful in Greece, seated 12,000 to 15,000. It was used for patients seeking cures at the temple. Same as Hieron? Major, 103-10

   

1

S-1

A-26

Clepshydra, Babylonian. During the reign of Nebuchadrezzar (604-562 BC) Babylonians measured time with the clepshydra, or water clock, which they presumably invented.

   

2

P-1

S-1

A-27

Clepshydra, Greek. Water clock of the type used by Herophilos.

1

1

2

S-1

A-28

Aqua Claudia, first aqueduct, constructed by Appius Claudius Caecus, 312 BC. Slide taken 1952.

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-29

Water closet, Pompeii. Toilets that flushed with running water would remain unknown to Europe and the British Isles for another 1,000 years. Major, 163

1

1

2

S-1

A-30

Water closet, Pompeii. Major, 163

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-31

Water closet, Pompeii, drawing. Major, 163

 

1

2

S-1

A-32

Toilet, Pompeii. Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-33

Pissoir, Pompeii. Major, 163

   

2

S-1

A-34

Radiant heating, Pompeii. Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-35

Radiant heating, Pompeii. Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-36

Water central, Pompeii. Major, 163

   

2

S-1

A-37

Bath, Pompeii (Villa Pompeii). Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-38

Pissoir, Herculaneum. Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-39

Vomitorium, Herculaneum. Major, 163

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-40

Atrium, Herculaneum. Major, 163

 

1

2

S-1

A-41

Manhole, Herculaneum. Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-42

Manhole, Herculaneum. Major, 163

   

1

S-1

A-43

Cloaca maxima, Latin for "greatest sewer." This model of sanitation was constructed in the 6th century B.C. by the Etruscan Tarquins and was copied in Italy and the Roman colonies. Major, 163

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-44

Aqueduct, Nimes. The Pont du Gard aqueduct near Nimes, France, is the best preserved of the remaining Roman aqueducts. Major, 164

 

1

1

S-1

A-45

Viaduct, Segovia

   

1

S-1

A-46

Apollo de veii, statue. Apollo was considered to be the inventor of the healing arts. According to Greek legend, he was the father of Asklepios, the god of medicine. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-47

Galen’s circulation. Galen accurately described the flow of blood to and from the heart and described pulmonary circulation, but missed the fundamental idea that blood circulated rather than ebbing and flowing. Major, 188

1

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-48

Galen, demonstration of recurrent laryngeal nerve

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-49

Galen’s circulation. Galen accurately described the flow of blood to and from the heart and described pulmonary circulation, but missed the fundamental idea that blood circulated rather than ebbing and flowing. Major, 188

1

 

1

S-1

A-50

Votive, balanitis, Firenze. Major, 151+

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-51

Votive, infected finger, Firenze. Major, 151+ . Negative also shows sarcophagus.

 

1

1

S-1

A-52

Votives, Etruscan (K.U.). Major, 155, 157

   

1

S-1

A-53

Soothsayer, Etruscan

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-54

Crowns, Firenze, Vetulonia, 7th century BC. 54-2-N shows Firenze votive tablet.

 

2

1

P-1

S-1

A-55

Liver, Piacenza. Bronze sheep liver of Piacenza, 3rd century BC. The art of predicting the future through liver divination was important in Etruscan medical practice and in everyday life. Major, 132, 153

1

3

1

P-1

S-1

A-56

Liver, diagram. An animal liver, usually that of a sheep, was used to divine the future. Each of the compartments shown in this diagram corresponds to the region of the heavens inhabited by the corresponding divinity and is inscribed with texts and omens. Major, 132, 153

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-57

Denture, Etruscan, containing gold work. Major, 156-57. 57-N shows two dinosaur bones.

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-58

Trajan Column, detail, dedicated 113 AD, depicting Roman military surgeons in Trajan’s wars in Dacia. Major, 175, 189

2

1

1

S-1

A-59

House of surgeon, Pompeii

   

1

S-1

A-60

House of surgeon, Pompeii.

   

1

P-1

S-1

A-61

Surgical instruments, ca. 1st century AD, includes scalpels, probes, spatulas, dilators, forceps, bleeding cups, syringes, cannulas, cauteries, drills, saws, tongs, and specula. From a collection in the Museo Nationale, Naples. 61-N shows more surgical instruments.

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-62

Surgical instruments, Pompeii. 62-N shows more surgical instruments, same as in 61-N

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-63

Antiker Sparkophaq Eines Arzies (sarcophagus). Full view of a sarcophagus showing a Greek physician reading a manuscript in front of a cabinet. The instrument case on top of the cabinet contains several knifes and probes. The inscribed verses warn against desecrating his grave. 64-N-1 shows "Hygiene in India before the Aryans."

 

1

1

P-1

S-1

A-64

Antiker Sparkophaq Eines Arzies (sarcophagus). This detail relief from a sarcophagus shows a Greek physician reading a manuscript in front of a cabinet. The instrument case on top of the cabinet contains several knifes and probes. The inscribed verses warn against desecrating his grave. 64-N-1 shows "Hygiene in India before the Aryans."

1

5

2

P-1

S-1

A-65

Anesthesia, page from Plato’s writings on. Plato used the Greek word anaesthesia in philosophical discussions.

1

 

1

S-1

A-66

Pedanioso Dioskorides (440-490 AD), the most famous army surgeon of the period, wrote Materia Medica c. 77 AD. In this authoritative work on plants and drugs, he recommends dosing patients with wine of mandragora before surgery because of its anesthetic properties--possibly the first modern use of the term anesthesia.

   

1

S-1

A-67

Obstetrical scene. Section of wall in Temple of Kom-Ombo, Egypt, showing Queen in labor and various, presumably obstetrical, instruments. The first documented appearance of the obstetrical chair in the occidental world was in Egypt.

   

2

S-1

A-68

Birth House, Luxor, Egypt,1450 BC. One of the first representations of the obstetrical stool is found in these sculptured stone reliefs in the Birth House, which depict the accouchement of Amenophus III, c.1450 BC. Shows the Queen seated on a chair with her arms held by two women, evidently nurses.

   

1

S-1

A-69

Obstetrics, Egyptian hieroglyphics for

   

1

S-1

A-70

Midwife, tomb of, 100-300 AD, Ostia, Italy

   

1

S-1

A-71

Obstetrics, goddess of delivery, Statue, Mexico

   

1

S-1

A-72

Hippocrates, a midwife’s son, recommended the obstetric chair at a time when women were usually confined semi-recumbent in bed and the obstetrical chair was used only in difficult cases.

   

1

S-1

A-73

Tomb of Kings

   

1

S-1

A-74

Bathtub at Asklepios, Athens. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-2

A-75

Ruin of Temple of Asklepios, Cos. Major, 103-10

3

 

1

P-1

S-2

A-76

Ruin of Temple of Asklepios, upper terrace, Cos. Major, 103-10

6

 

1

P-1

S-2

A-77

Temple of Asklepios, Cos, from harbor. Major, 103-10

 

1

1

S-2

A-78

Ruins of Temple of Asklepios, Corinth. Major, 103-10

   

1

S-2

A-79

Ruins of Temple of Asklepios, Corinth. Major, 103-10

   

1

P-1

S-2

A-80

Temple of Asklepios, scale model reconstruction ? Major, 103-10

 

1

1

P-1

S-2

A-81

Cinerary urn, Etruscan

 

1

1

P-1

S-2

A-82

Votive? fat man, Firenze

 

1

1

P-1

S-2

A-83

"Fasces littorie," Firenze, Musee Archeologico

 

1

1

S-2

A-84

Pissoir, Herculaneum, detail. Major, 163

   

2

S-2

A-85

Trephined skull. Trephining, the first known surgical procedure, which involved cutting a hole through the skull bone to relieve excess pressure, was extensively and skillfully practiced in Peru. Major, 14

   

1

S-2

A-86

Obstetrical scene, Peru. Major, 12, 16

   

2

P-1

A-87

Tuberculosis of the spine, as shown in Egyptian mummy. From Ruffer, Studies in the Paleopathology of Egypt, Chicago, 1921. Major, 8

2

1

 

P-1

A-88

Physician, Sumerian, Seal of, Ur-Lugaledina of Lagash. Major, 25

1

1

 

P-1

A-89

Circumcision, depicted on wall of tomb of Physician Sesi, Sakkara c. 2400 BC. Major, 41

4

3

 

P-1

A-90

Dwarf Puoinhetee, an achondroplasiac, 341 BC. Lid of the sarcophagus of a dancer, buried in the vault of an important court personage. Major, 44

1

1

 

P-1

A-91

Galen, five portraits of. Walsh, Annals of Medical History, 1926, in Major, 199

 

1

 

P-1

A-92

Temple of Asklepios, Pergamon, reconstruction. Major, 199

 

1

 

P-1

A-93

Galen, conception of the vascular system. Major, 203

2

1

 

P-1

A-94

Fever, charm for, Babylonia. From KU Med. Center History of Med. Museum

3

2

 

P-1

A-95

Liver, clay model of sheep’s liver for divination, Babylonian, ca. 2,000 BC. Major, 32

 

2

 

P-1

A-96

Liver, clay model of sheep’s liver for divination, Babylonian, n.d. Major, 32

 

1

 

P-1

A-97

Liver, clay model of sheep’s liver for divination, Hittite, n.d. Major, 32

 

1

 

P-1

A-98

Tuberculosis of spine, front view (Filed under 87-N-2--shared negative.)

 

1

 

P-1

A-99

Papyrus of Ebers. Major, 42, 45

1

2

 

P-1

A-100

Opthalmology: stele of Iry, the royal ophthalmologist, near Cheops, ca. 2,300 BC

1

1

 

P-1

A-101

Hesi Re, physician. Weinberger Bull Hist. Musum, 1946

1

   

P-1

A-102

Scalpels? Babylonia, Mesopotamia. Back of photo: Zweischneidiger Messer (Ninevah) Bronze; Einschneidiges Messer (Ninevah) Bronze

1

   

P-1

A-103

Surgical instruments? Babylonia

1

1

 

P-1

A-104

Surgical instruments? Babylonia

 

1

 

P-1

A-105

Foot surgery, tomb of Egyptian physician Sesi

2

   

P-1

A-106

Dwarf, Chnoun-hotep

3

2

 

P-1

A-107

Galen, as a neurologist. From Galeni de Locis Affectis. Libra sex… Venetiis, Iuntas, 1576.

1

   

P-1

A-108

Galen, treating a gladiator

1

1

 

P-1

A-109

Plague of Epirus

1

1

 

P-1

A-110

Liver, clay model of sheep’s liver for divination, Hittite, n.d., recto

 

1

 

P-1

A-111

Denture, Etruscan (different than slide). Major, 155-57

 

2

 

P-1

A-112

Denture, Etruscan, in lower left jaw in skull (N-1 filed under A-111-N-1—shared negative). Major, 155-57

 

2

 

P-1

A-113

Votives, Etruscan: from top left, heart, uterus with bladder, ear, breast, eye. KU History of Med. Museum. Major, 155-57 (A-113-N-2 filed under A-112-N-2—shared negative)

7

2

 

P-1

A-114

Cinerary urn, Etruscan. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-115

Votives, Etruscan, on right. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-116

Votives, Etruscan. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-117

Votive, Etruscan. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-118

Infant fascie

 

1

 

P-1

A-119

Votives, Etruscan, on right, misc. body parts. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-120

Votive, Etruscan, hand. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-121

Votive, Etruscan, left. Major, 155-57

 

1

 

P-1

A-122

Temple of Asklepios, Cos, reconstruction. Major, 103-10

 

1

 

P-1

A-123

Acropolis of Pergamum, restoration. From "Pergame," Paris, 1900

1

1

 

P-1

A-124

Temple of Asklepios, Epidaurus, reconstruction. Major, 103-10

1

   

P-1

A-125

Surgical instrument, Naples

 

1

 

P-1

A-126

Surgical instrument, Naples

 

1

 

P-1

A-127

Votive tablet, Cos, showing uterus and bladder, c. 400 BC. Major, 125

 

1

 

P-1

A-128

Votive tablet showing Asklepios and his children, 370-360 BC. Major, 117

1

   

P-1

A-129

Votive tablet, Asklepion, Athens, showing instrument case containing scalpels and two cupping vessels. Major, 118

 

1

 

P-1

A-130

Hippocrates, bust, Villa Albani

1

   

P-1

A-131

Hippocrates, portrait in translation of Francis Clifton, London, 1752

1

   

P-1

A-132

Hippocrates, mosaic, Rhodes

3

   

P-1

A-133

Hippocrates, portrait

1

   

P-1

A-134

Hippocrates, from a head discovered near Rome, Ostia Museum

 

1

 

P-1

A-135

Hippocrates? statue, seated

 

1

 

P-1

A-136

Hippocrates? bust or statue

 

2

 

P-1

A-137

Hippocrates? head

 

1

 

P-1

A-138

Hippocrates, Chrysippus? portrait

1

1

 

P-1

A-139

Chrysippus, bust, British Museum. Major, 141, 159

1

1

 

P-1

A-140

Chrysippus, statue, seated, Louvre. Major, 141, 159

1

1

 

P-1

A-141

Dioskorides, Pedanios, 440-90 AD, most famous army surgeon of the period. Major, 175, 191

 

1

 

P-1

A-142

Tuberculosis, depicted by Greek statue found at Soissons. Major, Hippocrates and the Isle of Cos, 16

2

   

P-1

A-143

Temple of Asklepios, upper terrace. Major, 103-10

1

   

P-1

A-144

Temple of Asklepios, Cos, shrine of Xenophon. Major, Hippocrates and the Isle of Cos, 55+

1

   

P-1

A-145

Temple of Asklepios, Athens, plan. Major, Hippocrates and the Isle of Cos, 56

1

   

P-1

A-146

Nikandros of Colophon (Nicander), 185-35 BC. Major, 145, 161

1

1

 

P-1

A-147

Votive tablet, Epidaurus (two photos in same envelope). Major, 103-10

2

   

P-1

A-148

Hippocrates, oath of

1

   

P-1

A-149

Votive, disease of penis

1

   

P-1

A-150

Achilles bandaging Patroclus, kylix, 490 BC, Berlin Museum

 

1

 

P-1

A-151

Caduceus

1

3

 

P-1

A-152

Votives, Temple of Asklepios, Corinth, lesions of the breast, 4th century BC. Major, 130

 

1

 

P-1

A-153

Votives? lungs, eyes

 

1

 

P-1

A-154

Surgery, Aztec. Perforating the nasal septum for insertion of the nasal rod, a mark of distinction reserved for gods and nobles. Major, 18

1

1

 

P-1

A-155

Baby feeder, Roman, clay, ca. 200 AD

 

1

 

P-1

A-156

Baby feeder, Roman, terra cotta

 

1

 

P-1

A-157

Baby feeder, Roman, clay

 

1

 

P-1

A-158

Baby feeder, Roman, clay, before 500 AD

 

1

 

P-1

A-159

Galen, portrait on frontispiece of collection of works, Venice, 1565

 

2

 

P-1

S-2

A-160

Osteoarthritis

   

1

P-1

A-161

Knights of St. John, fortress at Cos. Major, "The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem," Ralph Major vertical file.

3

   

P-1

A-162

Physician, Aztec figure of, primitive medicine.

2

2

 

P-1

A-163

Nose and upper lip, mutilation of because of leishmaniosis, as shown on Aztec? Inca? figure

2

2

 

P-1

A-164

Trephined skull, looking down onto top of skull. Major, 14 (Negative filed under A-5-N-4--shared negative.)

2

1

 

P-1

A-165

Trephined skull, side view (similar view to A-85-S, color slide). Major, 14

4

1

 

P-1

A-166

Circulation of blood, various theories illustrated

1

   

P-1

A-167

Obstetrics: Goddess Tlazolteoth, Aztec protector of physicians, giving birth. Major, 11

1

   

P-1

A-168

Spirit of Death, carved statues

1

   

P-1

A-169

Divination from corn kernels, Codex Magliabechi. Major, 13

1

1

 

P-1

A-170

Hammurabi receiving laws from the Sun-God, Stele of Hammurabi. Found at Susa. Major, 24

 

4

 

P-1

A-171

Avicenna, examining patient. Major, 241, 263

1

1

 

P-1

A-172-A

Avicenna, portrait. Major, 241, 263

1

1

 

P-1

A-172-B

Avicenna, portrait by A. Sadighi. Major, 241, 263

 

1

 

P-1

A-173

Bath, origin of town of

2

   

P-1

A-174-A

Pien Ch’iao, legendary doctor sometimes described as the Chinese God of medicine, c. 255 BC, Major, 87-89, KU History of Med. Dept.

 

1

 

P-1

A-174-B

Pien Ch’iao, legendary doctor sometimes described as the Chinese God of medicine, c. 255 BC, Major, 87-89, KU History of Med. Dept. Also shows two smaller figures. Negative B-3 is color.

2

3

 

P-1

A-175-A

Acupuncture model, front and back. KU History of Med. Dept. Photos show front and back of figure.

2

1

 

P-1

A-175-B

Acupuncture model, front view. KU History of Med. Dept. Photos show front and back of figure. Negative 2 is color.

 

2

 

P-1

A-176

Footbinding, Chinese shoes. KU History of Med. Dept.

6

   

P-1

A-177-A

Pa Kua, diagram, Major, 84-86

 

1

 

P-1

A-177-B

Pa Kua, diagram, Major, 84-86

2

1

 

P-1

A-178

Pa Kua, diagram, close-up of symbol, Major, 84-86

2

1

 

P-1

A-179

Anatomical chart, Chinese , KU History of Med. Dept.

2

   

P-2

A-180

Anatomical chart, Chinese, showing organs. Major, 89

 

2

 

P-2

A-181-A

Acupuncture: pulse points in hand, Chinese, "Picture of Finger Prints"

1

1

 

P-2

A-181-B

Acupuncture: pulse points in hand, Chinese

2

2

 

P-2

A-181-C

Acupuncture: pulse points in hand, Chinese, right hand

2

2

 

P-2

A-181-D

Acupuncture: pulse points in hand, Chinese, right hand, in English

 

1

 

P-2

A-181-E

Acupuncture: pulse points in hand, Chinese, left hand

1

1

 

P-2

A-181-F

Acupuncture: pulse points in hand, Chinese, left hand, in English

 

1

 

P-2

A-182-A

Acupuncture: pulse points in face, Chinese

1

2

 

P-2

A-182-B

Acupuncture: pulse points in face, Chinese, in English

 

1

 

P-2

A-183-A

Acupuncture: pulse points in eye, Chinese

1

2

 

P-2

A-183-B

Acupuncture: pulse points in eye, Chinese, in English

 

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A-184-A

Acupuncture: pulse points in back of ear, Chinese

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A-184-B

Acupuncture: pulse points in back of ear, Chinese, in English

 

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A-185-A

Acupuncture: pulse points in tongue, Chinese

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A-185-B

Acupuncture: pulse points in tongue, Chinese, in English

 

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A-186

Chang Chung Ching, the "Hippocrates of China," Major, 97

 

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A-187

Pulse, Chinese method of feeling [filed with A-186-N-1—shared negative]

 

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A-188

Hua T’O, greatest Chinese surgeon of antiquity, Major, 96

 

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A-189

Hua T’O, greatest Chinese surgeon of antiquity, operating, Major, 96, 100 [A-189-N-1 and -2 filed with A-188-N-1—shared negative for 189-N-1]

 

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A-190

Acupuncture, Chinese anatomical chart showing location of individual channels for acupuncture. Major, 92

 

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A-191

St. Anthony, religious hermit and one of the earliest monks, considered the founder and father of organized Christian monasticism. Anthony's popularity as a saint reached its height in the Middle Ages. The Order of Hospitallers of St. Anthony was founded near Grenoble, France (c. 1100), and this institution became a pilgrimage centre for persons suffering from the disease known as St. Anthony's fire ergotism. From Encyclop. Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/4/0,5716,7874+1,00.html

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A-192

Aqueduct, Nimes. The Pont du Gard aqueduct near Nimes, France, is the best preserved of the remaining Roman aqueducts. Major, 164

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A-193

Plague of Ashdod, painting by Poussin. Major, 61

 

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A-194

Trajan Column, portion of (detail). Dedicated 113 AD; depicts Roman military surgeons bandaging wounds in Trajan’s wars in Dacia. Major, 175, 189

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A-195

Trajan Column, sketch based on portion of. Dedicated 113 AD; depicts Roman military surgeons bandaging wounds in Trajan’s wars in Dacia. Major, 175, 189

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A-196

Cloaca maxima, Latin for "greatest sewer." This model of sanitation was constructed in the 6th century B.C. by the Etruscan Tarquins and was copied in Italy and the Roman colonies. Major, 163

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A-197

Battlefield surgery, fresco from Pompei. Allegorical representation of wounded Aeneas, surgeon extracting an arrowhead with forceps. Major, 190

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A-198

Staff and serpent bas-relief, Epidaurus. Major, 103.

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A-199

Temple of Asklepios, sketch showing canals on either side. Major, 103-10

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A-200

Temple of Asklepios, sketch showing canals on either side. Major, 103-10

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A-201

Toilets, Roman, in Louvre Musuem

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A-202

Water clock described by Vitruvius.

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A-203

Baths, Ruins of Baths of Caracalla, A.D. 212. Major, 163

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A-204

Sanitation, water distribution center, Pompeii. Major, 163

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A-205

Physician, military, gravestone of, Rome

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A-206

Pool of Siloam, Jerusalem, reputed from Biblical times to have healing powers

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A-207

Dental bridge, Etruscan, Guerini. Major 155-57.

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A-208

Speculum, Roman

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A-209

Surgical forceps, Roman

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A-210

Surgical instrument, Roman

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A-211

Military hospital at Vindonissa, Rome, seen from northwest, reconstruction

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A-212

Military hospital, Roman, general plan of (conjectural) at Novaesium near Dusseldorf

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A-213

Military hospital, Roman, general plan of (conjectural) at Novaesium near Dusseldorf

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A-214

Military hospital, Roman, general plan of (conjectural) at Carnuntum, second building period

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A-215

Surgical instrument, Athens

 

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A-216

Baths of Caracalla, reconstruction of interior of, A.D. 212. Major, 163 (negative stored under A-203-N—shared negative)

 

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A-217

Surgeon’s house, Pompeii, floor plan. Room 1 = entrance hall, Room 2 = treatment room, Room 5 = central court, Rooms 6 = rooms for patients, Room 9 = operating room. Major, 186.

 

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A-218

Galen, portrait, bas-relief (bronze?)

 

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A-219

Votives, penis, various figures, many with marked phimosis. From Asklepion, Corinth. Major, 134.

 

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A-220

Votive, penis. Greek?

 

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A-221

Votive, brain, showing convolutions. From Asklepion, Corinth. Major, 133.

 

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A-222

Votive?, liver

 

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A-223

Dental appliance, Etruscan, palatial side. Major, 155-57

 

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A-224

Plutarch (ca. A.D. 45-120), Greek biographer, historian and philosopher.

 

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A-225

Hermaphrodite, engaged in toilette, from Pompeiian wall painting

 

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