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It’s Still Flu Season! Here’s a Few Helpful Precautions, ca. 1920

March 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe flu, or influenza, is a highly contagious viral infection that mainly affects the respiratory system. It’s usually […]

End of Days: Psychic Sylvia Browne’s Book Possibly Predicted 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak 12 Years Ago

March 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePopular psychic Slyvia Browne, who passed away in 2013, released a book called End of Days: Predictions and […]

The Mother of All Pandemics: 40 Historical Photos of the 1918 Spanish Flu That Show What a Global Pandemic Actually Looked Like

March 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBetween 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 […]

Female Hysteria: When Victorian Doctors Used to Finger Their Patients

September 14, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the Victorian Era – specifically 1837 to 1901 – doctors treated woman by genital stimulation to induce […]

Smallpox Breaks Out in Sydney, 1789

August 17, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSmallpox has been one of humanity’s deadliest diseases, though it is now eradicated in the wild. Europeans, including […]

These 12 Haunting Pictures From Old Mental Institutions Guaranteed to Creep You Out!

July 19, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePsychiatry has come a long way since the days when patients were shunned from society and shackled in […]

125 Reasons You Could End Up in a Lunatic Asylum in the 19th Century

July 17, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteReasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia from 1864 to 1889 included laziness, egotism, […]

Official Baby Care Guides by the Department of Hygiene, Kansas State Board of Health From the Early 20th Century

February 14, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen it comes to childrearing advice, we’ve come a long way, baby. Modern parenting isn’t easy. Childcare books […]

Graphic Illustrations Reveal the Horror of Surgical Removal of Unwanted Parts of the Human Body During the 19th Century

February 2, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWith the beginning of meaningful American contributions to surgical literature in the early 19th century, the manifold epic […]

Magic Massage From Dr. Swift

February 1, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVictorian era advertisement for a massage treatment to cure female “hysteria.” You don’t have to be Einstein to […]

Dr. Young’s Ideal Rectal Dilators Were a Real Thing!

January 11, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDr. Young’s Dilators were a real medical device sold in the United States from the late nineteenth century […]

Do You Need a Lobotomy? Just Look at the Results From These Before and After Photo Comparisons of Lobotomy Patients

December 27, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteToday, the word “lobotomy” is rarely mentioned. If it is, it’s usually the butt of a joke. But […]

Faces From the Front: Incredible Before and After Photos Show World War I Soldiers’ Horrific Facial Injuries

May 21, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese incredible before and after photographs show how British and French soldiers had to have their faces completely […]

Appliances for Treatment and Prevention of Male and Female Masturbation From the Victorian Era

May 18, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Victorian era, masturbation—also known as self-pollution, self-abuse, or onanism—was believed to be both a moral and […]

Rare Vintage Photos Capture Student Life at the World’s First Medical College for Women From the Late 19th Century

February 15, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the […]

Dentist and Female Patient, ca. 1847

February 7, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site This daguerreotype is highly unusual for its era, in that the patient is female. Most likely she […]

George Washington’s False Teeth: He Only Had One Real Tooth Remained in His Mouth When He Inaugurated President

January 7, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteGeorge Washington suffered from poor dental health throughout his adulthood; beginning in his twenties he experienced regular toothaches, […]

Pictures From 1914 Book Show the Principles of Impression Taking and Prosthetic Articulation

January 6, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteProsthetic Articulation by George Wood Clapp was published by Dentists’ Supply Co. of New York in 1914. The […]

37 Historical Photos That Show Early Ambulances Over 100 Years Ago

December 29, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAn ambulance is a vehicle for transportation, from or between places of treatment, and in some instances will […]

Testing Condoms in 1935, and Other Old Forms of Birth Control

November 22, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen people think of birth control, they often think of the modern pill. But there are many types […]

A Harvard Student With Aids Is Hugged by His Parents

October 31, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNicholas Nixon has devoted a significant portion of his long career — which stretches back to the 1970s […]

12 Harrowing Vintage Photos of Soldiers in Complete Shell Shock

October 18, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site “They were very pathetic, these shell shocked boys.” Shell shock is a phrase coined in World War […]

11 Classic Hollywood Stars Who Had Plastic Surgery

October 2, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen you look at the famous stars of the classic Hollywood era, do you think they’ve always looked […]

Miss Correct Posture: Pictures From a Chiropractors’ Beauty Contest Took Place in Chicago in 1956

October 2, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBeauty contests were a way for people, places and businesses to celebrate events, highlight pop culture and promote […]

Old Hollywood Plastic Surgery Secrets: Here Are 4 Weird Ways Classic Starlets Changed Their Faces

September 25, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn Hollywood, plastic surgery is as commonplace as The Paleo Diet. There are a million different ways to […]

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