File:Mattei's electro-homeopathic treatments, Bologna, Italy, 187 Wellcome L0057834.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,256 × 2,832 pixels, file size: 1.63 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Mattei's electro-homeopathic treatments, Bologna, Italy, 187
Title
Mattei's electro-homeopathic treatments, Bologna, Italy, 187
Description

Cesare Mattei, an Italian count, was interested in homeopathy. Mattei believed that fermented plants gave off ‘electrical’ energy that could be used to cure illness. He also believed that every illness had a cure provided in the vegetable kingdom by God. He began to develop his system from 1849. The large bottles are labelled ”Red”, ”Green”, “White”, “Yellow” and “Blue” so the actual ingredients remained a secret. Ointments were made up with ingredients from the small and large bottles. The vial labelled “Canceroso 5” was used for bruises, cancers, chilblains, hair loss, skin diseases and varicose veins, among other conditions.

Although dismissed by the medical profession as quackery, Mattei’s system was popular. It formed part of the treatment at St Saviour’s Cancer Hospital in London from 1873. However, by the 1930s Mattei’s ideas were generally dismissed.

maker: Mattei, Cesare

Place made: Bologna, Bologna province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Wellcome Images
Keywords: quack; medicine chest; Neoplasms; Homeopathy; cancer
Credit line

This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

References
  • Library reference: Science Museum A600342
  • Photo number: L0057834
Source/Photographer

https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/41/91/4bf98b9e6ccf3f99c69f1ec2642d.jpg

Licensing[edit]

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:50, 17 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 10:50, 17 October 20144,256 × 2,832 (1.63 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Mattei's electro-homeopathic treatments, Bologna, Italy, 187 |description = Cesare Mattei, an Italian count, was interested in homeopathy. Mattei be...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mattei%27s_electro-homeopathic_treatments,_Bologna,_Italy,_187_Wellcome_L0057834.jpg&oldid=747026111"