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LL/2401
ThumbnailMarion Post Wolcott 
Tenant Farmers Children, Younger W/Rickets From Malnutrition. Poor, Eroded 
1939 
Gelatin silver print 
10.1 x 8.5 
Andrew Smith Gallery 

  
LL/32206
ThumbnailW. Eugene Smith 
Country Dr. Ernest Ceriani wiping the eye of 2 1/2-year-old girl whose head he has just stitched up after she was kicked in the head by a horse, in emergency room at hospital. 
[Country Doctor] 
1948, 20 September 
Gelatin silver print 
LIFE 
W. Eugene Smith/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, 50693250 
  

  
LL/12510
ThumbnailJean-Philippe Charbonnier 
Country doctor, the delivery, Creuse, France 
1950 
Gelatin silver print 
Galerie Agathe Gaillard 
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier - courtesy of Galerie Agathe Gaillard (Paris, France) 
  

  
LL/43614
ThumbnailDavid Dare Parker 
Tran Huynh Thuong Sinh born 28/04/2002 in Bi±h Dinh Provence,.suffering with Fraser Syndrome, patient at the Peace Village at the Tu Du (Freedom) Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 
[Agent Orange, Vietnam] 
2010, September 
Colour image 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker 
© David Dare Parker 
  

  
LL/31552
ThumbnailJames Nachtwey 
A man with TB is examined during a home visit by a medical worker with the NGO, Cambodian Health Committee 
[XDRTB] 
2008 
 
Provided by the artist - James Nachtwey 
courtesy ® James Nachtwey, 2008 
  

  
LL/43225
ThumbnailLucien Aigner 
This medical examination is not artifice. The majority of those being examined haven't seen a doctor in their lives. 
[Guests at Rikers Island Prison] 
1937 (published) 
Gelatin silver print, vintage 
6 5/8 x 9 1/16 ins 
Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate 

  
LL/43052
ThumbnailSophia Paris 
Prosthetic Clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti 
2010, 12 April 
Color photograph 
United Nations Photo 
UN Photo/Sophia Paris, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en 
  

  
LL/7712
ThumbnailA. Aubrey Bodine 
Delivery room, doctor holding newborn baby 
1940 (ca) 
Gelatin silver print 
23.8 x 33.2 cm 
George Eastman House 
Gift of Thomas Maloney (89:0426:0001) 
  

  
LL/38888
ThumbnailJohn Thomson 
Street Doctor 
1872 
Woodburytype 
7 x 5.5 ins 
Archive Farms 
10 
  
LL/35659
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Doctor and suspended patient 
1877 
Woodburytype 
11.6 x 8.3 cm 
George Eastman House 
Record Id: 1999:0112:0010 
  
11 
  
LL/9190
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Doctor Holding Bag and Walking Stick, Japan 
1870 (ca) 
Ambrotype 
Charles Schwartz Ltd 
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #6877) 
  
12 
  
LL/32210
ThumbnailW. Eugene Smith 
Country Doctor Ernest Ceriani checking Gaillard Weidenhaft's x-rays. 
[Country Doctor] 
1948, 1 August 
Gelatin silver print 
LIFE 
W. Eugene Smith/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, 50531083 
  
13 
  
LL/32208
ThumbnailW. Eugene Smith 
Country Doctor Ernest Ceriani giving checkup to 8-month-old infant Mike Huffaker, as his mother Roma Lee Huffaker looks on. 
[Country Doctor] 
1948, 1 August 
Gelatin silver print 
LIFE 
W. Eugene Smith/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, 50651089 
  
14 
  
LL/7506
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Sister of Charity Serving Patient at the Hospice de Beaune 
1848 (ca) 
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, hand-colored 
4 7/8 x 3 9/16 in 
J. Paul Getty Museum 
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.404.6) 
  
15 
  
LL/1729
ThumbnailAlfred Eisenstaedt 
Nurses, Roosevelt Hospital [NYC] 
1954 
Gelatin silver print 
25.3 x 19.6 cm (10 x 8 ) 
Galerie Johannes Faber 
16 
  
LL/2591
ThumbnailLewis W. Hine 
Red Cross Madona, Flood Relief 
1934 
Gelatin silver print 
3.75 x 3.75 
Andrew Smith Gallery 
17 
  
LL/33287
ThumbnailW. Eugene Smith 
Nurse Midwife: Maude Callen Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death (Life, December 3, 1951) 
1951, 3 December (published) 
Gelatin silver print 
13 5/8 x 10 1/16 ins 
George Eastman House 
Estate of N.E. Smith/Black Star: Courtesy George Eastman House. © Heirs of W. Eugene Smith 
  
18 
  
LL/12165
ThumbnailHenry Ely (Aix-en-Provence) 
An operation during the First World War 
1914-1918 
Gelatin silver print 
4.7 x 7.9 in (120 mm x 200 mm) 
Paul Frecker 
19 
  
LL/46404
ThumbnailDmitry Ermakov 
Tiflis. Disinfection of the passengers on the station Mtskheta 
1890-1900 
Albumen print 
14 x 21 cm 
Georgian National Museum 
20 
  
LL/6950
ThumbnailWilliam H. Bell 
Major General Henry Barnum displaying his gunshot to the abdomen and hip 
1865 Aug 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 93). 
  
21 
  
LL/6959
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Clinical photograph of Harold Russell, taken while he was being treated at the Army's Walter Reed General Hospital. Russell would later star in the film The Best Years of Our Lives and win an Academy Award 
n.d. 
 
Location and source information requested 
(NCP 1598B). 
  
22 
  
LL/36762
ThumbnailGeorge Edward Shuttleworth 
George Edward Shuttleworth holding a male child, showing signs of Down's syndrome, upon his lap 
1895 
Albumen print (?) 
9.7 x 7.6 cm (sheet) 
Wellcome Images, Wellcome Library 
Wellcome Library, London (V0030003, Library reference no.: ICV No 30486) 
  
23 
  
LL/36777
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Military Hospital V.R. 76, Ris-Orangis, France: wounded soldier - 10 inch gash from sword at Verdun in 1st world war 
1916 
Gelatin silver print 
8.7 x 6.2 cm 
Wellcome Images, Wellcome Library 
Wellcome Library, London (V0029390, Library reference no.: ICV No 29867) 
  
24 
  
LL/15969
ThumbnailDr. A. de Montmeja 
Illustration from "Traité des Opérations qui se pratiquent sur l'oeil" by Edouard Meyer and Dr. A. de Montmeja (Paris: Lauwereyns) 
1871 
Book cover 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 7, 2006, #2097, Lot 205) 
  
25 
  
LL/32578
ThumbnailA. Hardy & A de Montméja 
Clinique Photographique de l'hopital Saint-Louis 
1868 
Book plate 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4645) 
  
26 
  
LL/31927
ThumbnailWilliam H. Bell 
Unidentified man with ptosis (drooping of an eyelid) 
n.d. 
Daguerreotype 
National Museum of Health and Medicine 
This purchase for the William Bell collection was made by the Museum with the support of Frederic A. Sharf. 
  
27 
  
LL/7966
ThumbnailLinda Neville 
Portrait of a blind girl 
n.d. 
Lantern slide 
Kentucky Virtual Library 
University of Kentucky, Linda Neville (1873-1961), Charles Kerr, and Neville Family Papers, 1847-1959 (kukav:61m158:478) 
  
28 
  
LL/7961
ThumbnailLinda Neville 
A girl in a bed with a doll in a hospital 
[An American Red Cross slide] 
n.d. 
Lantern slide 
Kentucky Virtual Library 
University of Kentucky, Linda Neville (1873-1961), Charles Kerr, and Neville Family Papers, 1847-1959 (kukav:61m158:463) 
  
29 
  
LL/36518
ThumbnailMr Alexander 
La lecon d'anatomie 
n.d. 
Heliogravure 
Private collection of Manuel Magalhaes 
30 
  
LL/42279
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Eye operation [Italian] 
n.d. 
CDV 
Collection of Michael G. Jacob 
31 
  
LL/6949
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Necrosis and Exfoliation and Deposits of Spongy Callus after a Gunshot Fracture of the Left Femur 
1870 (ca) 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 244). 
  
32 
  
LL/18076
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Alopecia 
1940 
Photo postcard, Gelatin 
Ordinary Light 
33 
  
LL/36495
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Papular Syphilide 
1868 
Book illustration 
Google Books 
34 
  
LL/6952
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Louisa Walters, photographed in 1868, twenty-eight years after being operated on at age twelve to remove her leg at the hip. 
n.d. 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 287). 
  
35 
  
LL/20620
ThumbnailUnknown (American) 
Study of a woman with spinal Injury in Traction 
1900 
Cabinet card 
Ordinary Light 
36 
  
LL/6972
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
A scoliotic spine 
n.d. 
 
National Museum of Health and Medicine 
National Museum of Health and Medicine 
  
37 
  
LL/42341
ThumbnailKieran Maher 
3D VR of a CT scan: orthogonal cropping frame 
2006, 30 October 
OsiriX 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia 
38 
  
LL/37530
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Conquer AIDS - the safest weapons, condoms & lube 
1990s (ca) 
Postcard 
Private collection of Alan Griffiths 
Publisher: GMFA - Gay Men Fighting AIDs 
  
39 
  
LL/37532
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Praise God for AIDS - Use Your Vote. You Know He'll Use His. 
1990s (ca) 
Postcard 
Private collection of Alan Griffiths 
Publisher: Ministry of Sound 
  
40 
  
LL/43620
ThumbnailDavid Dare Parker 
HIV/AIDS patient, Wat Prah Bat Nam Phu, Lop Buri, Thailand. 
[HIV, Thailand] 
2003, September 
Black and white image 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker 
© David Dare Parker 
  
41 
  
LL/43621
ThumbnailDavid Dare Parker 
The remains of cremated AIDS sufferers are usually left unclaimed by family members. They are stored in 'the Bone Museum' at Wat Prah Bat Nam Phu hospice, Lop Buri. 
[HIV, Thailand] 
2003, September 
Black and white image 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker 
© David Dare Parker 
  
42 
  
LL/7243
ThumbnailOliviero Toscani 
HIV Positive - Back 
[1993 Benetton campaign] 
1993 (ca) 
Color print 
United Colors of Benetton, Benetton Group Spa. 
Courtesy of United Colors of Benetton (Benetton Group Spa.) 
  
43 
  
LL/43113
ThumbnailArmando Waak 
A volunteer holding a child with AIDS, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti 
1999 
Color photograph 
United Nations Photo 
UN Photo/Armando Waak. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en 
  
44 
  
LL/7241
ThumbnailTherese Frare 
AIDS - David Kirby 
[1992 Benetton campaign] 
1992 (ca) 
Color print 
United Colors of Benetton, Benetton Group Spa. 
Courtesy of United Colors of Benetton (Benetton Group Spa.) 
  
45 
  
LL/37436
ThumbnailBarbara Kruger 
Untitled [Your body is a battleground - Support Legal Abortion -Birth Control and Women's Rights] 
1989 
Postcard 
Private collection of Alan Griffiths 
Publisher: Fotofolio, Box 661 Canal Sta., NY, NY 10013, Id: BK20 
  
46 
  
LL/43616
ThumbnailDavid Dare Parker 
Embryos displayed for research purposes in a room at the Peace Village within the Tu Du (Freedom) Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 
[Agent Orange, Vietnam] 
2010, September 
Colour image 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker 
© David Dare Parker 
  
47 
  
LL/43617
ThumbnailDavid Dare Parker 
Tran Huynh Thuong Sinh born 28/04/2002 in Bi±h Dinh Provence,.suffering with Fraser Syndrome, patient at the Peace Village at the Tu Du (Freedom) Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 
[Agent Orange, Vietnam] 
2010, September 
Colour image 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker 
© David Dare Parker 
  
48 
  
LL/19780
ThumbnailKarl Baden 
Prostate needle biopsy 
[Hair Above Normal] 
2007 
Inkjet print from color negative and flatbed scan 
22 x 28 in (Dimensions variable) 
Provided by the artist - Karl Baden 
49 
  
LL/24622
ThumbnailClaudia Kunin 
Our Lady of Cancer 
[3D Holy Ghost Stories] 
2006 
Anaglyphic Lightjet print 
20 x 24 in / 30 x 40 in 
Provided by the artist - Claudia Kunin 
50 
  
LL/15043
ThumbnailJoe Schwartz 
Steps to early dental clinic. Manhattan, New York 
[Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written] 
1930
Gelatin silver print 
Provided by the artist - Joe Schwartz 
© Joe Schwartz, courtesy of the artist 
  
51 
  
LL/10870
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Mother holds deceased baby 
n.d. 
Daguerreotype 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 11) 
  
52 
  
LL/8859
ThumbnailCarleton (Portland, Maine) 
Post mortem with quilt 
n.d. 
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 43) 
  
53 
  
LL/43049
ThumbnailKibae Park 
Infant Mortality in the Developing World, Dhaka, Bangladesh 
2010, 16 June 
Color photograph 
United Nations Photo 
UN Photo/Kibae Park, www.unmultimedia.org/photo/, Photo ID 451896, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en 
  
54 
  
LL/25924
ThumbnailW. Eugene Smith 
Book cover for W. Eugene Smith and Aileen M. Smith "Minamata" (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975) 
1975 
Book cover 
Private collection 
55 
  
LL/21981
ThumbnailJohn Darwell 
Radiation poster, Pripyat 
[Legacy] 
1999 
C-Print / Lambda print 
24 x 24 in (C-Print) / 48 x 48 in (Lambda print) 
Provided by the artist - John Darwell 
56 
  
LL/34004
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
"the girls cover all windows and openings in the house with blankets or drapes to give double protection against radiation and against flying slivers of glass. " 
1950 
 
9 x 11 ins (230 x 280 mm) 
Ordinary Light 
57 
  
LL/5512
ThumbnailWerner Bischof 
Town of Hiroshima. A victim of the Hiroshima atomic explosion, Japan 
1951 
Gelatin silver print 
Silverstein Photography 
58 
  
LL/37433
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Free Vanunu - Israeli nuclear prisoner of conscience 
1994 (before) 
Postcard 
Private collection of Alan Griffiths 
Publisher: Leeds Postcards, Id: L759, Campaign to Free Vanunu 
  
59 
  
LL/43712
ThumbnailJ.C. Schaarwächter 
Robert Koch 
1884 
Albumen print 
14.5 x 10 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Photography 19th-21st Century (1 June 2011) Lot: 4068 
  
60 
  
LL/31553
ThumbnailJames Nachtwey 
Group of Tuberculosis-Hospitals, Mumbai, India. A patient with advanced pulmonary TB receives a daily injection as well as oxygen 
[XDRTB] 
2008 
 
Provided by the artist - James Nachtwey 
courtesy ® James Nachtwey, 2008 
  
 
  
 
  
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