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)
