Disease Collection (page 6)

Church of St James, Dunwich, late 18th century. Creator: William Byrne
Church of St James, Dunwich, late 18th century. The ruined leper chapel of St James at Dunwich in Suffolk. The chapel is thought to date from the late 12th century

Giving Prisoners the Smallpox in Gaol, late 18th century, (c1934)
Giving Prisoners the Smallpox in Gaol, 18th century, (c1934). Illustration showing prisoners in Newgate Gaol being inoculated

Marius Torres i Perena (1910 - 1942), Catalan poet, photograph taken on November 6, 1941 and reproduced in photolithography by Tomas Tomas de Barcelona i Pi

West view of the Lock Hospital, Kingsland Road, Hackney, London, 1815. Beneath is an interior view of the hospital chapel, known as St Bartholomews Chapel

Douche table, Thavies Inn Hospital, London, 1930. Within the venereal disease centre for pregnant women

A theatre at the Thavies Inn Hospital, London, 1930
An operating theatre at the Thavies Inn Hospital, London, 1930. A theatre within the venereal disease centre for pregnant women. In 1931 the Infirmary was absorbed by Sheffield Street Hospital

Childrens isolation wards, Brook General Hospital, London, 1948. New isolation wards with children in cots

Scene in Covent Garden, Westminster, London, 1830. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Scene in Covent Garden, Westminster, London, 1830. One of the afflicting occurrences in life in London, Tom, Jerry and Logic arrested in their progress home by the melancholy discovery of Corinthian

Panel in the door of the Ship Tavern, Water Lane, City of London, 1857. The opening was said to have been used during the Plague, to receive money from people dealing with the tavern

The Pestelence 1665, 1665. View of St Giles without Cripplegate with figures burying bodies in the aftermath of the plague. Illustration from Pepys Diary

Anacreonticks in full Song, 1801. Artist: James Gillray
Anacreonticks in full Song, 1801. A scene of drunkenness and excess; the man in the foreground smoking a pipe has extremely swollen legs, a result of gout, associated with heavy drinking

Monster soup commonly called Thames water... 1828. Artist: Thomas McLean
Monster soup commonly called Thames water, being a correct representation of that precious stuff doled out to us!!!, 1828; showing an ugly woman holding a spy glass which touches the circumference of

Smallpox Hospital, Battle Bridge (now Kings Cross), London, 1806
View of the Smallpox Hospital at Battle Bridge, London, 1806. From 1836 this area was re-named Kings Cross

A fair held in the gardens of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, c1842. Well-to-do people - the men in top hats - watch a military band

Fleet Street, London, 1812. Artist: John Thomas Smith
View of houses on the corner of Fleet Street and Chancery Lane, London, 1812. Also showing figures with disabilities

View of the smallpox hospital at Battle Bridge, London, 1771. From 1836 this area was re-named Kings Cross

Broker Row (now Blomfield Street), London, c1780. Artist: B Warren
Scene of a man and woman discussing a book on consumption, printed by John Lever, outside John Levers bookshop on Broker Row, (now Blomfield Street), London, c1780

Christs Hospital, London, 1812. Artist: James Lambert
View of Christs Hospital, formerly part of Greyfriars Monastery, London, 1812. A group of figures stands in the courtyard in front of the hospital

St Bartholomews Hospital, London, 1752
East view of St Bartholomews Hospital, London, 1752; with figures

Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1826. Artist: George Cruikshank
Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1826. An unusual exhibition in the Great Room of the Horticultural Society in Lower Regent Street, Westminster, London

The aldermans dinner, 1775. An obese alderman eats gluttonously; his slimmer companion, bent over a plate, evidently suffers from gout as his bandaged foot rests on a cushion

Rescued from the Plague, 1898. Artist: Francis William Topham
Rescued from the Plague, 1898; a child is being lifted through an open window during the outbreak of plague which occured in 1665. To the right, a sick woman sits in a doorway

In a high saliuation [sic] at the point of death, plate V of The Harlots Progress, 1732; the harlot is now dying from venereal disease and has been transferred to the sick room (of Bridewell Prison)

Fleet Prison, London, 1691
Figures inspecting debtors boils and carbuncles at Fleet Prison, London, 1691. From Moses Pitts The cry of the oppressed

The Cow Pock or Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation! …, 1809
The Cow Pock or Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation! Vide the publications of the anti-vaccine society, pub by H. Humphreys 1809 (hand coloured engraving)

Thanksgiving service for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, 27 February 1872 (1901). The service was held in St Pauls Cathedral to give thanks for the recovery of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

Exodus 9: 8-12: Moses and the plague of boils, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. Artist
Exodus 9:8-12: Moses and the plague of boils, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding, 1827. Artist: G Hunt
An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding, 1827. A man suffering from gout, sittting at a table laden with food and drink

Crusoe Ill Reading The Bible, c1870. From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. [Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London]

Nurse using a Cardiopan machine, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. In a photograph taken for the Central Office of Information

Inscription on the base of a Plague Cross, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Situated outside the church in Ross-on-Wye, this cross commemorates the 315 victims of an outbreak of the plague that struck

Philippine Islands, early 19th century, (c1930s). Artist: Richard Thomas Underwood
Philippine Islands. Piles raise these houses near Manila out of the stagnant water which is a breeding-ground for mosquitoes, early 19th century, (c1930s). From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

New Tuberculosis Hospital, Tampa, Fla. c1940s. [Tichnor Quality Views, Boston]

Illustration from History of the Plague (Defoe), 1862, (1923). Artist: Frederic Shields
Illustration from History of the Plague (Defoe), 1862, (1923). Frederic James Shields (1833-1911) was a British artist, illustrator and designer closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites

The Great Plague: scenes in the streets of London, 1665-1666 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Ketham: Fasciculus Medicinae, Venice, 1493, The Treatment Of The Plauge, c1493
Ketham: Fasciculus Medicinae, Venice, 1493, The Treatment Of The Plauge, c1943. Fasciculus Medicinae consists of six independent medieval medical treatises

Scrophularia Ehrharti. Ehrharts Water-Betony, 19th Century. The green figwort, water betony, or water figwort, is a perennial herbaceous plant found in temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere

Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Artist: Giulio Monteverde
Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire

Bringing the Body on Deck, c1900, (1910). The funeral on board a passenger liner of a steerage passenger who died from tuberculosis (consumption). From The Strand Magazine. [George Newnes Ltd

X-ray apparatus used for examination of suspected cases of heart or lung disease, c1935 (c1937)
X-ray apparatus used at the Central Medical Board for examination of suspected cases of heart or lung disease in prospective commercial pilots, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. The nobleman is in the house of Dr Misaubin, no 96 St Martins Lane. He threatens the quack with his cane for having prescribed pills which proved

Charles II touching a patient for the Kings evil, c1680 (1903). Artist: Frederick-Hendrik van den Hove
Charles II touching a patient for the Kings evil, c1680 (1903).The royal touch was a form of laying on of hands, whereby French and English monarchs would touch their subjects

Chapel of the Hospital for Lepers in Kent Street, Southwark, c1813 (1906). Artist: C John M Whichelo
Chapel of the Hospital for Lepers in Kent Street, Southwark, c1813 (1906). From Medieval London, Vol. II - Ecclesiastical by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1906]

Reduced from the Plague, London, 1665 (1905). A victim of thee Great Plague of London. From Cassells History of England, Vol

The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). Artist: AB Frost
The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

The Thanksgiving Service in St. Pauls Cathedral, 1906
Thanksgiving service in St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1871 (1906). The service of thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince of Wales from typhoid. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

The Enthusiast (?The Gouty Angler?), 1850. Artist: HG Beckwith
The Enthusiast (?The Gouty Angler?), 1850. After Theodore Lane (1800?1828)

An Appearance of Airiness, 1930. Artist: Gordon Ross
An Appearance of Airiness, 1930. From The Studio Volume 99. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1930]

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