Disease Collection (page 9)

One of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. The water of the Nile turned blood red, early 19th century. Artist: John Martin
One of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. The water of the Nile turned blood red, early 19th century

King David making a burnt offering, 16th century. Woodcut illustration from a 16th century Bible of a story from the Old Testament

The dangers of lust and illicit love, 16th century. Artist: Peter Flotner
The dangers of lust and illicit love, 16th century. Alcohol is aiding seduction in the centre, while death and corruption brandishes an hourglass on the left. After a symbolic woodcut by Peter Flotner

Scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin, c1870. The death of Eva from tuberculosis. Tom and Topsy with the family at Evas bedside while the rest of the slaves in the courtyard pray for

Hat Maker. Manufacture of beaver hats by felting material in a kettle (background) and blocking (shaping) the hat and brushing the pile. Although called beaver, little or no beaver fur was used

Grinding needle points, Redditch, England, c1830. A grindstone driven by water or steam. Needle grinding was well-paid work but the lives of grinders were short owing to the inhalation of dust

Christ healing the lepers at Capernaum, c1890. Scene from the Bible (Mark I). From The Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ by JJ Tissot, c1890

Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849. A boy thinks the Water Board man is turning on cholera. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. Artist: John Tenniel
Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. In an outbreak of the water-borne disease in 1892 about 260, 000 died in Russia and 7600 in Hamburg. An epidemic was prevented in Britain

A tuberculosis patient being given a transfusion of goats blood, 1891. A woman receiving a direct blood transfusion from a goat at Dr Bernheims clinic

Novalis (1772-1801), pen-name of Friedrich von Hardenberg, German Romantic poet and novelist. Died of consumption. Known as the Prophet of Romanticism

Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory
Robert Koch (1843-1910, German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought a cure for Tuberculosis)

Girolamo Frascatoro, Italian physician, poet and astronomer, late 16th century. Artist: Theodor de Bry
Girolamo Frascatoro, Italian physician, poet and astronomer, late 16th century. Frascatoro (c1478-1553) put forward the theory that diseases were caused by seedlike entities (germs in effect)

Stephen William Hawking (b. 1942), British theoretical physicist
Stephen William (b.1942), British theoretical physicist. Mathematics of space-time curvature (black-holes) and Big Bang theory. Sufferer from Motorneurone disease

Engraving of Black rat caught in trap, 1838. Artist: William Jardine
Engraving of Black rat caught in trap, 1838. This is the rat that is a vector of plauge. Hand-coloured engraving published Edinburgh 1838 in William Jardine Naturalists Library series

Title page of Old Saint Pauls by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Title page of Old Saint Pauls by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. A romantic historical novel set in 1665 and 1666 during the plague of London and the Fire of London

Pestilence, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Pestilence, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, 1866. From the Bible (Exodus)

The Victim, 1868. Artist: Arthur Boyd Houghton
The Victim, 1868. Illustration by AB Houghton for Tennysons poem. An Arch-Druid is about to sacrifice the Kings son to save the people from the plague

Free Smallpox vaccination clinic on premises of French newspaper, Paris
Free vaccination clinic on premises of French newspaper. Heffer has shaven portion of flank infected with Cowpox; serum transferred with stylus to arms of waiting Parisians to give immunity to

Gillray cartoon on vaccination against Smallpox using Cowpox serum, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Gillray cartoon on vaccination against Smallpox using Cowpox serum, 1802. In 1796 the English physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) proved efficacy of practice, but opposition continued for a while

Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician, vaccinating child with Cowpox serum, 1901
Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician, vaccinating a child against Smallpox using Cowpox serum. Artists impression from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901

Treatment of Tuberculosis using electricity, 1901. Francisque Crotte demonstrating his cure for tuberculosis using electricity produced by an electrostatic machine

Cholera amongst victims of famine in China. Government officials mobbed by starving people. Hands of woman on mattress at right are in typical cholera attitude

Cholera patient. Patient in typical cholera attitude. From French medical book published c1890

Cholera quarantine in Italy. Travellers from Switzerland en route for Italy being kept in quarantine at Bardonnechia, Italy, for five days. Illustration published London, 16 August 1884

Cholera epidemic in Naples, government ministers visiting a hospital, Wood engraving, published Paris 1884

The Harlots Progress, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
The Harlots Progress, 1733. Sixth and final plate in William Hogarths series The Harlots Progress. Moll Hackabout, the harlot who has died of venereal disease, lies in her coffin

Christ healing the sick brought to him in the villages, c1890. Artist: James Tissot
Christ healing the sick brought to him in the villages, c1890. In the New Testament gospels chronicling the life of Jesus Christ, there are a number of accounts of miracles of healing

Portrait of Peter II, c1728. Detail. The grandson of Peter the Great, Peter (1715-1730) acceded in 1727 but died of smallpox three years later. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Portrait of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna, 1840. Artist: Christina Robertson
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna, 1840. Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825-1844) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and his wife

Pity The Poor Prisoners?, 1868. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Pity The Poor Prisoners?, 1868. A satirical look at the state of the nations prisons in the mid-Victorian period. Here, a group of lower-class prisoners, probably enjoying, (in the view of Mr Punch)

The Demon Butcher, or the Real Rinderpest, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
The Demon Butcher, or the Real Rinderpest, 1865. The demon butcher, with his hair styled into the shape of horns, stands in front of the animal carcasses declaring the price of beef

Wonderful Instinct of The Giraffe, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Wonderful Instinct of The Giraffe, 1865. By which it Escapes Diphtheria during The Winter. (N.B. A Positive Fact.) This cartoon pokes a little gentle fun at the giraffes at London Zoo

A Harlots Progress, Plate 5, April 1732. Creator: William Hogarth
A Harlots Progress, Plate 5, April 1732

La Peste chez les Philistins (Plague Among the Philistines), in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenee Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenee the Younger), 1782-1821

Special Pleaders in the Court of Requests, May 28, 1802. May 28, 1802
Special Pleaders in the Court of Requests, May 28, 1802

At The End, c1845, 1936
At The End, 1936. The ill-fated crew of Sir John Franklin trapped in the ice. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

A copy of a photograph of the ward deck of the Atlas Smallpox Hospital Ship, c1890-c1899. Joyce Green Hospital was once the centrepiece of the Metropolitan Asylums Board complex of smallpox

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