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This vast collection of surgical procedures were some of the first illustrations disseminated in instructional textbooks.

The old surgical photos are compiled in Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery, a book by medical historian Richard Barnett. Medical Textbooks Aesthetic, Old Medical Illustration, Vintage Medicine Aesthetic, Old Anatomy Illustration, Medical Horror, Vintage Medical Art, Anatomy Aesthetic, Medical Textbooks, Human Oddities

This vast collection of surgical procedures were some of the first illustrations disseminated in instructional textbooks. The old surgical photos are compiled in Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery, a book by medical historian Richard Barnett.

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Awesomely Gross Medical Illustrations From the 19th Century | A 23-year-old Viennese woman, depicted before and after contracting cholera in the first European epidemic in 1831. According to the original caption, the second image shows her only an hour after contracting the disease, and she died four hours later.  D.A.P.  | WIRED.com Wellcome Collection, Strange History, Vintage Medical, Medical Illustration, Medical History, Aesthetic Pictures, Surgery, Disease, Art Photography

In the 19th century, doctors couldn’t use photographs to teach their students about disease. So the physicians, surgeons, and anatomists of the 1800s built close relationships with artists, craftsmen, and publishers to produce beautiful (yet horrifically off-putting at times) illustrations.

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