The Talk of the Toon

Picture Archive: Health & Ageing

A doctor, nurse and patient. The sign on the wall reads 'Guys Hospital Visiting........' From a magic lantern series (early 20th century). Magic lanterns, first developed in the 17th Century, were precursors of modern slide projectors.

Image: (c) Beamish, The Living Museum of the North.
Photo Number 6107. Used with permission. For information on magic lanterns, see http://www.magiclantern.org.uk.