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The Health Care ClipArt gallery offers 79 images of health care locations and instruments. These images are from older sources, so some instruments may not be used in practice today, and are shown for historical value.

The scalpel is a small and sharp knife used in surgery.

Scalpel

The scalpel is a small and sharp knife used in surgery.

A scalpel.

Scalpel

A scalpel.

A bedridden man being taken care of by a nurse.

Sick Man

A bedridden man being taken care of by a nurse.

"A, spectacles with bows hinged to the shoulders on the rims connected by the nose or bridge. B, spectacles with hook-bows and with bridge and shoulders riveted to the lenses. C, detail showing construction of shoulder. D, side view, showing rim. In all the figures: a, bows; b, shoulders; c, rims; d, bridge." —Whitney, 1889

A Collection of Spectacles

"A, spectacles with bows hinged to the shoulders on the rims connected by the nose or bridge. B, spectacles…

Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

Early Design Spectacles

Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

An instrument for recording the form, strength, and variety of the pulse of the heart.

Sphygmograph

An instrument for recording the form, strength, and variety of the pulse of the heart.

A sphygmograph applied to an arm.

Sphygmograph

A sphygmograph applied to an arm.

"An instrument which, when applied over an artery, traces on a piece of paper moved by clockwork a curve which indicates the changes of tension of the blood within... a, band by which the instrument is fastened on; b, spring which rests upon the artery; c, adjusting-screw (with graduated head) which regulates the pressure of the spring b according as the pulse is strong or weak; d, d, supports for paper upon which the tracing is made; e, e to engage the paper positively; g, small spring clockwork (incased) by which motion is imparted to the feed-roller e1; h, milled-headed winding key; i, stop-motion; j, tracer attached to the oscillating arm k, which is moved by the rod l that connects this arm with the spring b." —Whitney, 1889

Sphygmograph with All Parts Labeled

"An instrument which, when applied over an artery, traces on a piece of paper moved by clockwork a curve…

A variation of a sphygmograph.

Dudgeon's Sphygmograph

A variation of a sphygmograph.

A device used for recording the movements of the arterial walls."—Finley, 1917

Dudgeon's sphygmograph

A device used for recording the movements of the arterial walls."—Finley, 1917

"A contrivance for measuring the extreme differential capacity of the human lungs. The instrument most commonly employed consists on an inverted chamber submerged in a water bath. The breath is conducted by a flexible pipe and internal tube so as to collect in the chamber, which rises in the water, and is fitted with an index which marks the cubic inches of air expired after a forced inspiration...a, is a small gas-holder containing an inverted vessel a'; b, index which shows on the scale c the number of cubic inches expired; d, manometer, which, when a' is held down, shows the pressure which the lungs can exert; e, plug-vent for outlet of the expired air; f, cock for outlet of water; g, tube through which the expiration is made." —Whitney, 1889

Spirometer

"A contrivance for measuring the extreme differential capacity of the human lungs. The instrument most…

"Fracture of the thigh: Apply a long splint, reaching from the armpit to beyond the foot on the outside, and a short splint on the inside." -Moss, 1914

Splint

"Fracture of the thigh: Apply a long splint, reaching from the armpit to beyond the foot on the outside,…

The hospital was described as ancient in 1215 and was named after Thomas Becket — which suggests it may have been founded after 1173 when Becket was canonized. However, it is possible it was only renamed in 1173 and that it was founded when St. Mary Overie Priory founded in 1106 in Southwark. At the end of the 17th century, the hospital and church were largely rebuilt by Sir Robert Clayton, president of the hospital and a former Lord Mayor of the City of London. He employed Thomas Cartwright as architect.

St. Thomas's Hospital

The hospital was described as ancient in 1215 and was named after Thomas Becket — which suggests it…

An illustration of soldiers on a Civil War hospital steamer.

Hospital Steamer

An illustration of soldiers on a Civil War hospital steamer.

The stethograph or pneumograph consists of a thick rubber of elliptical shape about three inches long, to one end of which a rigid gutta-percha tube is attached. Labels: h, tambour fixed at right angles to plate of steel f; c and d, arms by which instrument is attached to chest by belt e. When the chest expands, the arms are pulled asunder, which bends the steel plate, and the tambour is affected by the pressure of b, which is attached to it on the one hand, and to the upright in connection with horizontal screw g.

Stethograph or Pneumograph

The stethograph or pneumograph consists of a thick rubber of elliptical shape about three inches long,…

The stethometer consists of a frame formed of two parallel steel bars joined by a third at one end. At the free end of the bars is attached a leather strap, by means of which the apparatus may be suspended from the neck. Attached to the inner end of one bar is a tambour and ivory button, to the end of the other an ivory button. When in use, the apparatus is suspended with the transverse bar posteriorly, the button of the tambour is placed on the part of the chest the movement of which it is desire to record, and the other button is made to press upon the corresponding side of the chest, so that the chest is held between a pair of callipers.

Stethometer

The stethometer consists of a frame formed of two parallel steel bars joined by a third at one end.…

A simple piston pump consisting of a plunger that fits tightly in a tube. The plunger can be pulled and pushed along inside a cylindrical tube (the barrel), allowing the syringe to take in and expel a liquid or gas through an orifice at the open end of the tube.

Early Model Syringe

A simple piston pump consisting of a plunger that fits tightly in a tube. The plunger can be pulled…

Table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation

Operating Table

Table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation

This medical topical applicator is a tool used to apply cold or hot fluid throughout the patients body. The materials used were rubber, gutta percha, and other similarly thick materials.

Medical Topical Applicator

This medical topical applicator is a tool used to apply cold or hot fluid throughout the patients body.…