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| 1. Masks worn by doctors during the Plague. The beaks held scented substances |
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| 2. Children in an iron lung before the advent of the polio vaccination. Many children lived for months in these machines, though not all survived. c. 1937 |
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| 3. Corset damage to a ribcage. 19th century London |
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| 4. Woman with an artificial leg, too embarrassed to show her face c. 1890-1900 |
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| 5. Wooden prosthetic hand, c. 1800 |
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| 6. Selection of some items used to disguise facial injuries. Early plastic surgery. |
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| 7. Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus advertisement, 1878 |
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| 8. "Walter Reed physiotherapy store" 1920's |
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| 9. Obstetric phantom, Italy 1700-1800. Tool to teach medical students and midwives about childbirth |
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| 10. Lewis Sayre's scoliosis treatment |
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| 11. Anatomical Model. Doctors of some religions were not allowed to touch the women's bodies, so women would point to describe pain locations |
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| 12. Leonid Rogozov, the only surgeon on an Antarctic expedition, performing surgery on himself after suffering from appendicitis. April 30, 1961 |
