I thought you may find these photos interesting of how medicine used to be–not all that long ago.
I took these at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
1) The Circo Electric Bed rotates a patient 210 degrees to help them go from a prone to a vertical position; push the button and you go almost loop de loop.
2) A Hospital Ward–no private or semi-private rooms yet; say hello to a dozen or so neighboring patients sharing a room, moaning and groaning, each their own.
3) An X-ray–say cheese as this machine peers inside your body, hopefully not emitting too much radiation to the patient.
4) An operation–looks serious, almost like an alien abduction, hope they had plenty of anesthesia so it didn’t hurt.
Okay, medicine has come a long way…but we’re not there yet, not by a medical tricorder longshot. 😉
(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
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