Traditional medicine posters & prints

Primitive Medicine Robert Thom

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

Lavender Anonymous

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) (centre), c1885 Unknown

Dried Seahorses and Pipefish Anonymous

Indians. Iroquois and Chippewa doctors Anonymous

Hydrotherapy treatments, c1902 Unknown

Indians. Iroquois and Chippewa doctors. USA. Anonymous

Dried Seahorses Anonymous

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

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

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

Poppy, camomile and larkspur Anonymous

Acupuncture chart, 19th century Unknown

Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) Anonymous

The Medicine Maker Eanger Irving Couse

Birth in a Palace, 1760-1770 Indian Art

Depiction of Incans Cultivating Medicinal Herbs Anonymous

Kiowa Making Medicine, 1929 Monroe Tsatoke

Elecampane Elizabeth Blackwell

Doctor Bokanky, the street herbalist English School

Herb Paris, Common Foxglove and Large Yellow Foxglove Basil Besler

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

See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man, 1844-45 George Catlin

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

The Coming Race Anonymous

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

New College of Medicine and Practical Science, at New-Castle-Upon-Tyne Anonymous

An Acupuncturist with his patient, c.1785 School Chinese

Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medicine Lodge in the Mih-Tutta-Hankush Alexandre Manceau

Processing of treacle from the 'Illustrated book of Venetian Costumes' Jan van Grevenbroeck

Tungus Shaman Witch Doctor with Drum Anonymous

Dr Abel Moysey, c.1765 Thomas Gainsborough

Vegetable Pill Advertisement for Headaches Anonymous

Typical enlarged spleen of a Malaria patient, c1890 Unknown

Curing the Sick English School