Traditional medicine posters & prints

Shen Shi Yao Han (A Precious Book of Ophthalmology), 1644 Fu Renyu

Lavender Anonymous

Acupuncture chart, 19th century Unknown

Hua Tuo practising acupuncture to anaesthetise patient Anonymous

Indians. Iroquois and Chippewa doctors. USA. Anonymous

Doctor of Medieval Times with a Modern Surgeon Anonymous

Primitive Medicine Robert Thom

Mandan Indians, with Medicine Man in Bear Skin Anonymous

Doctor Bokanky, the street herbalist English School

The Visit of a Sick Child to the Temple of Aesculapius, 1877 John William Waterhouse

Hydrotherapy treatments, c1902 Unknown

An Acupuncturist with his patient, c.1785 School Chinese

Tungus Shaman Witch Doctor with Drum Anonymous

Medicine man, Australia Spencer and Gillen

Vegetable Pill Advertisement for Headaches Anonymous

Bhaisajyaguru, the buddha of healing and medicine, ca 1319 Anonymous

Advertisement of Early Medicines Made of Compounds Anonymous

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) (centre), c1885 Unknown

Treatment of a root in order to obtain asafoetida H.W. Meyer

Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs, ca. 1800 Unknown

Depiction of Incans Cultivating Medicinal Herbs Anonymous

St John's Wort Elizabeth Blackwell

Medicine men dance around a cooking pot giving thanks to the Great Spirit Myers and Co

Dried Seahorses and Pipefish Anonymous

Image depicting the medicine Buddha, the supreme healer in monastic robes with a bowl containing the medicinal plant arura in... School Nepalese

Tantric diagram of the right foot School Indian

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.159v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Medicine Buddha Mandala, the centre figure of Bhaisajyaguru represents the supreme healer in monastic robes with a bowl containing medicinal... School Nepalese

Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) Anonymous

Lady Physicians, 1865 George du Maurier

The Mahant Offers Child Birth Medicine to Elokeshi Unknown

Azandeh Binsa or Witch Doctor Richard Buchta

Herb Paris, Common Foxglove and Large Yellow Foxglove Basil Besler

Indian Medicine Man Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.119r Garlic and other plants Robinet Testard

A Military Doctor Frank Teller