Illness Collection (page 7)

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 Convalescent, c1900. Artist: Ambrose McEvoy
The Convalescent, c1900. From The Studio Volume 42 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1907-8]

The Sailors Return, 1786, (1915). Artist: William Ward
The Sailors Return, 1786. After Francis Wheatley (1747-1801). Painting held at the National Maritime Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XLIII [Otto Limited, London, 1915.]

William Gorgas, (1854-1920), 1920s
Dr William Gorgas, born in Mobila in 1854 and was head of health service in Cuba during the government of Wood. The measures taken against mosquitoes gave a remarkable outcome; in seven months

Juan Guiteras, (1852-1925), 1920s
Dr Juan Guiteras. Physician born in Matanzas in 1852. He was Professor at the University and contributed largely to the disappearance of yellow fever in Cuba

Aristides Agramonte, (1868-1931), 1920s. Artist: Aristides Agramonte
Dr Aristides Agramonte. Born in Puerto Principe in 1869, studied medicine in the United States and belonged to a research group which studied yellow fever in 1900

Jesse Lazear, (1866-1900), 1920s
Dr Jesse Lazear, belonged to the american commission and researched the yellow fever Finlay. He was stung by an infected mosquito in September 1900 and died the the following day

David Livingstone being carried on a makeshift stretcher through the jungle, Africa, 19th century. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Stella Court Treatt tending a sick baby, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Queen Mary, Princess Mary and Prince John, 1910s. Artist: Ernest Brooks
Queen Mary, Princess Mary and Prince John, 1910s. Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom (1867-1953), with her third child and eldest daughter, Princess Mary (1897-1965)

Greek boy from Pylos being nursed in the sick bay of the British battleship HMS Malaya, 1938

On His Way to His Own Country For the Last Time, King Edwards Return From Biarritz, 1910. King Edward VII returned to London on 27th April 1910, suffering from severe bronchitis

The Last Mile, 1873 (1883) David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

Advert for Beechams Pills, 1887. The pills were first introduced by Thomas Beecham in the early 1840s. A laxative, they were marketed as a cure for a whole multitude of ailments

The death of Lord Iddesleigh in Downing Street, London, 1887. Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, held various ministerial posts in Conservative governemnts from 1866 until 1887

The Convalescent, 19th century, (1933). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Convalescent, 19th century, (1933). Illustration from the Apollo Volume XVIII, no 106, (October 1933)

Ambulance of the Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor, London, 1926-1927. The veterinary charity, Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), was founded in 1917

Sciapode, c1860-1910 (1924). Artist: Odilon Redon
Sciapode, c1860-1910 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

House-to-house visitation during the plague in Bombay, India, 1898. Artist: Melton Prior
House-to-house visitation during the plague in Bombay, India, 1898. The president of the local committee and an indian doctor on their daily round in the native quarter

Diseases of dogs and their cures, 14th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 15th century illustration in a manuscript of Gaston Phoebus

Hours of the Dead, 1414-1423. Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Duke of Bedford
Hours of the Dead, 1414-1423. Vignettes representing deathbed scenes: doctors visit; confession; communion; extreme unction and burial

A sorcerer ejecting a spirit from a sick man in South India, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church

The Sermon on the Mount, 1926. Artist: Christian Karl August Noack
The Sermon on the Mount, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Christ healing the blind, 1926. Artist: Hofmann
Christ healing the blind, c1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Queen in a Cottage Bedroom, late 19th century, (c1920). Queen Victoria reads the Scriptures at the bedside of a sick fisherman, living on her Osborne estate

Bulletin of the Kings medical progress fixed to the palace railings, 1928, (1935). George V suffered periodically from respiratory complaints

A number of women attend to a poorly man, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
A number of women attend to a poorly man, 19th century

Venereal Disease, 1496 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Venereal Disease, 1496 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Georgy Porgy the First going out for a ride in his State Coachy Poachy, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Georgy Porgy the First going out for a ride in his State Coachy Poachy, 1850. A satirical illustration of George IV (1762?1830). George VI was unpopular with his subjects

Edwards Arm in the hands of his Medical Advisers, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Edwards Arm in the hands of his Medical Advisers, 1850. Possibly a satire of Edward I (1239-1307) during the crusades. From The Comic History of England by Gilbert Abbott A

Part of a letter from Thomas Secker, Bishop of Oxford, 17 August 1752, (1840). Artist: Thomas Secker
Part of a letter from Thomas Secker, Bishop of Oxford, 17 August 1752, (1840). Letter from Thomas Secker, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, respecting the last illness of Martin Benson

Jacob at Isaacs Bedside, 1913. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Jacob at Isaacs Bedside, 1913. A print from The Art of the Great Masters, by Frederic Lees, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1913

Harness Electropathic Battery Belt advert, 1893. A print from the Black and White magazine of Christmas 1893

Bile Beans advert, 1903. A print from The Sketch Christmas number, 1903

Death of Henry V, 1422 (1790). Artist: Bromley
Death of King Henry V of England, 1422 (1790). The son of Henry IV, Henry (1387-1422) became king in 1413. He is popularly regarded as one of Englands greatest kings

L Imploration a la Grotte, c1870-1930 (1924). Artist: Jean Louis Forain
L Imploration a la Grotte, c1870-1930 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

King George I, attacked by a fit of apoplexy. Artist: Crane
King George I, attacked by a fit of apoplexy. The first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland, George I (1660-1727) ruled from 1714 until his death

Crowd at the Mansion House reading the bulletins of the Prince of Waless illness, 1871 (1900). In 1871 the future King Edward VII was taken ill with typhoid, the disease that killed his father

The deathbed of Oliver Cromwell, 3 September 1658, (19th century). Death of Cromwell (1599-1658), English military leader and politician

A triptych of the healing work of St Remy, Bishop of Reims, 11th century (1870). The first compartment represents St Remy healing a paralytic; the second

Indian Gratitude - Peruvians attending Las Cassas, (19th century). Bartolome de Las Casas, (1484-1566) was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican priest, and the first resident Bishop of Chiapas in Mexico

The Parisian Woman during the time of the Merovingians, c5th-8th century AD, c1870-1950

The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Satire on quack doctors and their patent medicines

The queen visiting the wards of the London Hospital, late 19th century, (1900). Artist: G Durand
The queen visiting the wards of the London Hospital, late 19th century, (1900). Queen Victoria, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and carrying a muff, visits a patient

Livingstone on his last journey, 19th century. David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in

The dying Mozart listening to the performance of his Requiem, 1791, (c1900). Mozart (1756-1791) just before his death, listening to the performance of the Requiem, his last work

The Communion of the Patients, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
The Communion of the Patients, 1925. An etching from Modern Masters of Etching, by JL Forain, (The Studio, London, 1925)

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