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Roman surgical instruments found at Pompeii

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Blood Transfusion (late 1800's)

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An appreciative and varied trove of things historical, medical, and unusual.

An illustration demonstrating the surgical instruments used for trephining. By Nicolas Henri Jacob from 'Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme' by Marc Jean Bourgery, 1831.

A collection of creepy photos from the past.

Estetoscopio Cammann (1860)

Victorian surgical tools.

In the history of medicine, machines became crucial parts of the diagnostic and treatment process in the first half of the 20th century. Scientists and doctors experimented with some really strange devices, and they developed a lot of creepy-looking health equipment—at least some of which seems almost horrific, seen through the eyes of today. The following 22 instruments are partly scary, partly weird, and partly awesome—just as inventions should be.

Here you can read about and look at pictures of old and rare books within a wide range of biomedical subjects.

From dying to being a king, these manuals had people in the Middle Ages covered.