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c. 1900


1904


Clockwise from left: Dashing Dr Basil Hood tends to a patient in full formal attire; A group of surgeons roll up their shirt sleeves and don full-length aprons to operate c.1900; A doctor wearing a white coat examines a pregnant patient; A group of formally dressed medical students test a multiple stethoscope. Below: Doctors nowadays must abide by the “bare below the elbows” policy.


1920s


1980s


2013


PHOTOS: WELLCOME TRUST; LIFE IN VIEW/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY


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