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Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59. Creator: Giovanni Battista TiepoloSaint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59
Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849. Comment on the London water supply during the reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849
Portrait of Dr. Meer, c1795. Creator: Rembrandt PealePortrait of Dr. Meer, c1795
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage ImagesAI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask
'Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; la caissette... 1916'Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; la caissette contenant les huit tubes de virus de la morve', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV
'Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; Deuxieme... 1916. Creator: Unknown'Dans le jardin d'une legation allemande. Explosifs et cultures de microbes; Deuxieme enveloppe de la caissette de virus de la morve adressee a "l'attache militaire bulgare
Un moment... votre vache n'a pas eu l'epizoodie?... 19th century. Creator: Honore DaumierUn moment... votre vache n'a pas eu l'epizoodie?... 19th century. One moment.. your cow has not had the epizoody?
The Duke of Orleans visiting the sick at Hotel-Dieu during the cholera epidemic of 1832. Creator: Alfred JohannotThe Duke of Orleans visiting the sick at Hotel-Dieu during the cholera epidemic of 1832
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, 1841. Creator: Peter LightfootSo the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, 1841. Biblical scene, from 2 Samuel 24: 15: So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed
Flagellants, 1493. At the time of the Black Death in Europe, members of this sect, known as the Brothers of the Cross, went through the streets scourging themselves in an attempt to take the sins of
Flagellants in the Netherlands town of Tournai (Doornik), 1349. Flagellants, known as the Brothers of the Cross, scourging themselves as they walk through the streets in order to free the world
Portrait of William Beans Magruder (1810-1869), Before 1869. Creator: UnknownPortrait of William Beans Magruder (1810-1869), Before 1869
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
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]
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 FrostThe 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 Great Plague of 1665, (c1850). The London plague of 1665 was also known as The Black Death. Colour plate from Pictures of English History, George Routledge & Sons, (London, New York, c1850)
The Duke of Orleans During the Cholera Epidemic, c1830. Artist: Alfred JohannotThe Duke of Orleans Visiting the Sick at L Hotel-Dieu During the Cholera Epidemic in 1832, c1830
Parce Domine, detail, c1884. Artist: Leon Adolphe WilletteParce Domine, detail, c1884. Decoration for the cabaret Le Chat Noir. From the collection of the Musee du Vieux Montmartre, Paris, France
Smallpox victim, c1890. From a French medical book
Bills of mortality bill for London, covering part of the period of the Great Plague, 1664-1665. John Graunt (1620-1674) based his statistical analysis on these weekly and yearly tables
Smallpox Hospital, Highgate, London, c1871. Built in resonse to the epidemic of 1870-1871. The windows show the influence of Florence Nightingales principles of ventilation
Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665. Two of the men are smoking pipes, partly to combat the stench of the corpses
Ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, 1871. This was under the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board and was built to meet the needs of the epidemic of the winter of 1870 to 1871
A Court for King Cholera, 1852. A scene typical of the crowded, unsanitary conditions in London slums. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831
Cholera, 1912. Death, the grim reaper, decimating a column of Turkish soldiers During the First Balkan War (1912-1913) between Turkey and the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro)
Flagellant, 16th century. Artist: Jost AmmanFlagellant, 16th century. Flagellants were members of a sect, known as the Brothers of the Cross, founded in c1260. They whipped themselves until blood ran in order to obtain Gods mercy
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 TennielBritannia 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
Girolamo Frascatoro, Italian physician, poet and astronomer, late 16th century. Artist: Theodor de BryGirolamo 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)
Free Smallpox vaccination clinic on premises of French newspaper, ParisFree 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
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 epidemic in Naples, government ministers visiting a hospital, Wood engraving, published Paris 1884