Illness Collection (page 9)

Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author, late 1870s. Artist: William Andreevich Carrick
Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author, late 1870s. Garshin (1855-1888) was a writer of short stories. He was conscripted into the army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, in which he was wounded

The Dying Lion, a stone panel from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC
The Dying Lion, stone panel from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC. Wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the kings arrows. It has long been acclaimed as a masterpiece

Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. Artist: John Dawson Watson
Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. This 18th century memoir novel was inspired by the story of the Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721). Robinson Crusoe ill with ague

The End of the Feast, c1895. Artist: Martin Anderson
The End of the Feast, c1895. A boy in bed shows his furred tongue to a doctor who feels the boys pulse. On the table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative

Plague of London, 1665 (1810). Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the outbreak of the plague that occurred in 1665 and killed some 60, 000 people, a fifth of Londons population

St Dionysius praying to the Virgin and Child for help to overcome the curse of Syphilis. Flysheet published in Regensburg. The German publication refers to it as the French disease

Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Illustration based on Johann Kaspar Lavaters description, from his Essays on Physiognomy. (London, 1792)

Christ healing the man sick of the palsy, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Christ healing the man sick of the palsy, 1866. In the New Testament gospels chronicling the life of Jesus Christ, there are a number of accounts of miracles of healing

The Flower of the Flock, c1890. An artisan country family at the tea table showing loving, hopeless concern for a child who has not long to live. From The Girls Own Paper. (London, c1890)

Dr Syntax in Danger, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax in Danger, 1820. A physician peers down Syntaxs throat, while a manservant rushes in holding a steaming plate and wooden bucket of cold water

Ida Saxton McKinley, wife of President William McKinley, c1901. Ida Saxton (1847-1907) married William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the USA, in 1871

The Last Mile, c1880. David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

George III, King of England, c1800. Artist: Sir William Beechey
George III, King of England, c1800. Full-length portrait of George III (1738-1820), king from 1760, in military uniform

Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. On 13 January 1892 a mentally ill man stabbed several members of staff at the offices of the Seine Prefecture after demanding a sum

Love of the flag, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Love of the flag, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th December 1898

Visiting Day at the Hospital, 1893. Artist: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
Visiting Day at the Hospital, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 13th June 1893

First Aid, 1914-1918. Artist: Etienne Berne-Bellecour
First Aid, 1914-1918

Dr Roussell of Geneva giving a woman a direct blood transfusion from a volunteer, 1882
Dr Roussell of Geneva giving a woman a direct blood transfusion from a volunteer, 7 February 1882. After the birth of premature twins in December 1881

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

St Lukes Hospital, Old Street, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
St Lukes Hospital, Old Street, London, 1808-1811. Female patients in their day gallery. St Lukes Hospital was a lunatic asylum designed by the architect George Dance jnr (1741-1825)

Knight of Malta from the order of St John of Jerusalem, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
Knight of Malta from the order of St John of Jerusalem, 16th century. Dedicated to fighting infidel and treating sick and wounded. Woodcut by Jost Amman

Dr Johnson and James Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Johnson and James Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Boswell has a Bible open and reads: be not filled with wine wherein is excess

Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship, (1840s) c1890
Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship bound for North America during the potato famine of the 1840s, c1890. Wood engraving

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)

Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941), Canadian physiologist, 1923. Banting and his assistant, CH Best, discovered insulin in 1921

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

Cover of Golfers Magazine, Chicago, November 1915
Cover of Golfers Magazine, Chicago, November, 1915

A satirical look at the chances of the average police constables ability to catch a cold, 1886
A satirical look at the chances of the average police constables ability to catch a cold. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 30, 1886

The International Health Exhibition, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The International Health Exhibition, 1884. John Bull, representing Britain, is one of the many walking wounded in this line-up. China, Turkey and Russia are also represented, as are Italy and Spain

Lady-Physicians, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Lady-Physicians, 1865. A woman doctor takes the pulse of a patient who lies back in his chair looking at her. Just at the time that women were fighting to make careers in medicine

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

The Guardian Angel from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: Cherrier
The Guardian Angel from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Letter T. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter T

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

The Apothecarys Prayer!!, July 30, 1801. July 30, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Apothecarys Prayer!!, July 30, 1801

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]

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