Disease Collection (page 9)

The cow doctor (engraving)
8642710 The cow doctor (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cow doctor)

Communal bath. Woodcut from JJ Hugel Von heilsamen Badern des Teutschelands... Mullhause, c1559
527304 Communal bath. Woodcut from JJ Hugel Von heilsamen Badern des Teutschelands... Mullhause, c1559. Mixed public baths were a feature of city life, particularly in many of the German city states

19th Century illustration showing cholera epidemic
673507 19th Century illustration showing cholera epidemic; (add.info.: 19th Century illustration showing cholera epidemic); Universal History Archive/UIG

Flagellant: Sect, founded 1260, whipped themselves until blood ran in order to obtain God's mercy
536396 Flagellant: Sect, founded 1260, whipped themselves until blood ran in order to obtain God's mercy and to appease his wrath for the sins of mankind

The dangers of lust and illicit love. 16th century (after symbolic woodcut by Peter Flotner)
533550 The dangers of lust and illicit love. 16th century (after symbolic woodcut by Peter Flotner); (add.info.: Alcohol is aiding seduction in center)

Depiction of Fevers. 19th centry (engraving)
672875 Depiction of Fevers. 19th centry (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

People walking on the street. 19th century (engraving)
672841 People walking on the street. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Plague in Marseille, France, 1720 : bishop Belsunce de Castelmoron giving extreme unction, 19th century (engraving)
1737129 Plague in Marseille, France, 1720 : bishop Belsunce de Castelmoron giving extreme unction, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Plague in Marseille, France)

New Testament: Healing the Sick (colour litho)
8658768 New Testament: Healing the Sick (colour litho) by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Healing the Sick)

The Leprosy, Before Christ 1490 Years, Leviticus XIII and XIV (engraving)
8658674 The Leprosy, Before Christ 1490 Years, Leviticus XIII and XIV (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Leprosy, Before Christ 1490 Years)

Since the last ball, I have cold feet. Who can cure this evil? (colour litho)
8656622 Since the last ball, I have cold feet. Who can cure this evil? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Personal)

Relieving the lepers (engraving)
8658485 Relieving the lepers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relieving the lepers)

New Zealand, 1890s: Up-Country Scenes, Rabbiter and Dogs (b/w photo)
8662650 New Zealand, 1890s: Up-Country Scenes, Rabbiter and Dogs (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Up-Country Scenes, Rabbiter and Dogs)

The Fables of La Fontaine: The Animals Sick of the Plague (engraving)
8669307 The Fables of La Fontaine: The Animals Sick of the Plague (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Animals Sick of the Plague)

Sea Adventure: The wreck of the "Grosvenor" (colour litho)
8668738 Sea Adventure: The wreck of the "Grosvenor" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fluctuations of the Weekly Mortality in London from Scarlet Fever during the recent Epidemic (engraving)
8647827 Fluctuations of the Weekly Mortality in London from Scarlet Fever during the recent Epidemic (engraving) by English School

Friar Bentivoglia Tends a Leper (colour litho)
8633785 Friar Bentivoglia Tends a Leper (colour litho) by Burnand, Eugene (1850-1921) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friar Bentivoglia Tends a Leper)

Parisians flee the epidemic of plague in 1544 (engraving)
5944490 Parisians flee the epidemic of plague in 1544 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engraving Parisians flee the epidemic of plague in 1544 Private collection)

Medical care: doctor with his assistant makes his patient drink a medicine
FGL5469922 Medical care: doctor with his assistant makes his patient drink a medicine. Behind them, a peasant, a minor and a hunter fighting a bear

German made playing card: the jack is represented under the grotesque features of a goggle hunchback
FGL5489045 German made playing card: the jack is represented under the grotesque features of a goggle hunchback and dirty nose wearing objects against the evil eye. Engraving of 1545; Fototeca Gilardi

Esoterism: a plague protection amulet consisting of Hebrew formulas and symbols of the Kabbalah (cabal) and magic
FGL5482941 Esoterism: a plague protection amulet consisting of Hebrew formulas and symbols of the Kabbalah (cabal) and magic

The ghost of Admiral Hosier, the image depicts a ship surrounded by ghosts in shrouds
MMM5481930 The ghost of Admiral Hosier, the image depicts a ship surrounded by ghosts in shrouds, with the fortifications of a port by Mosley, Charles (c.1720-c.1756); National Maritime Museum

Cabala: Protection Against The Plague, 16th century (engraving)
7272467 Cabala: Protection Against The Plague, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: CABALA Design of amulet drawn from'Shaar has-Yichoud'di Haim Vital, XVI sec)

History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier
7209640 History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier, chaplain of the duke of Burgundy, late 14th-early 15th century. 22m x 2m

Field elm tree, Ulmus minor
5855100 Field elm tree, Ulmus minor; (add.info.: Field elm tree, Ulmus minor. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Engraving depicting a portable autoclave worked by a steam engine being used to sterilise bedding during an outbreak of
5309276 Engraving depicting a portable autoclave worked by a steam engine being used to sterilise bedding during an outbreak of miliaria

A pharmacist (apothecary), Engraving by Jost Amman (1539-1591) 16th century
FGL5472742 A pharmacist (apothecary), Engraving by Jost Amman (1539-1591) 16th century.; Fototeca Gilardi

Advert for Leibig Beechams Pills in a box, 1887 (engraving)
5616654 Advert for Leibig Beechams Pills in a box, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: Advert for Leibig Beechams Pills in a box, pills against the flu); Universal History Archive/UIG

Scabies
5855394 Scabies; (add.info.: Ulcerous skin disease Ecthyma cachecticum, and the seven-year itch, Scabies purulenta and S. exotica, caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite)

A girl treats a sick dog lying in a bed with a giant syringe. Postcard beginning of the 20th century
LET4395358 A girl treats a sick dog lying in a bed with a giant syringe. Postcard beginning of the 20th century. by French School

The words Sick, Cloud, Organ and Doll, 1908 (photo)
8713215 The words Sick, Cloud, Organ and Doll, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris)

Ancient Greece: the death of Xanthippe son of the speaker and statesman Pericles (495-429 BC)
ELD4917884 Ancient Greece: the death of Xanthippe son of the speaker and statesman Pericles (495-429 BC), victim of the plague epidemic in 430 BC a Athens

La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en N & B, 1831_10_13: Barbarism and cholera morbus entering Europe - War
ICA4930707 La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en N & B, 1831_10_13: Barbarism and cholera morbus entering Europe - War, Russia, Europe, Poland, Barbaria/Kultur

The Political Cartoon (1830), Satirical in N & B, 1831_7_7: The Flu - Medical, Influenza
ICA4930443 The Political Cartoon (1830), Satirical in N & B, 1831_7_7: The Flu - Medical, Influenza; (add.info.: The Political Cartoon (1830), Satirical in N & B, 1831_7_7: The Flu - Medical

Representation of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer and mathematician
ELD4898378 Representation of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer and mathematician, under house arrest and completely blind, receiving the assistance of Dino I, Vincenzo Viviani

Young girl taking care of her sick mother, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4835068 Young girl taking care of her sick mother, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: The young Hortense Fagot taking care of his sick mother abandoned by her alcoholic husband)

Queen Marie Antoinette and members of the Royal Court at a bucket session (Mesmer's bucket)
ELD4840237 Queen Marie Antoinette and members of the Royal Court at a bucket session (Mesmer's bucket) The Queen is fainted - (Demonstration by Frederic Antoine Mesmer (Franz Anton Mesmer)

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers
LUX4809549 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers with its caregivers - The team at work on a patient

Frontispice de " Del mal del segno calcinacio o moscardino malattia che afflige i bachi da seta e sul modo di
XEE5028142 Frontispice de " Del mal del segno calcinacio o moscardino malattia che afflige i bachi da seta e sul modo di liberarne le bigattaje anche le piu infestate", 2 volumes, Lodi

Representation of a human monster looks like an embryo. Illustrated chart of a manuscript of Natural History by Ulisse
VEN5029326 Representation of a human monster looks like an embryo. Illustrated chart of a manuscript of Natural History by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), Ulisse Aldrovandi fonds

Attempted war by involving a Saint of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages (Miracle)
NWI4954550 Attempted war by involving a Saint of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages (Miracle). At the same time, doctors analyze the urine after their medical consultation

Fumigation against a yellow fever outbreak in a city in Texas, USA in 1873
NWI4954438 Fumigation against a yellow fever outbreak in a city in Texas, USA in 1873. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

Incineration of dead bodies in Holywell Mount during the bubonic plague outbreak, England, 1665
NWI4953678 Incineration of dead bodies in Holywell Mount during the bubonic plague outbreak, England, 1665. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Victims of the epidemic of bubonic plague. 19th century engraving after a painting by Nicolas Poussin
NWI4953935 Victims of the epidemic of bubonic plague. 19th century engraving after a painting by Nicolas Poussin.; (add.info.: Victims of the epidemic of bubonic plague)

American colonial doctor taking the hen of a sick person lying in bed during a home visit in the 18th century
NWI4952782 American colonial doctor taking the hen of a sick person lying in bed during a home visit in the 18th century (before the independence of the United States)

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Lourdes: The cave, animated view with preacher in a pulpit
LUX4767072 France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Lourdes: The cave, animated view with preacher in a pulpit, cars of the sick and many pelerins, 1895; (add.info.: France, Midi-Pyrenees)

Cover of L'Assiette au Beurre', number 413, Satirical in Colours, 1909_2_27
ICA4912873 Cover of L'Assiette au Beurre', number 413, Satirical in Colours, 1909_2_27; (add.info.: Medical, Sexuality, Love, Adultery, Physical Handicap - Medicine); Photo © Caricadoc

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital, photograph of malformation in the sick, 1901
LUX4788361 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital, photograph of malformation in the sick, 1901; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital

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"Disease: A Historical Battle Against the Unseen Foe" In 1845, as the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on their ill-fated Arctic expedition, little did they know that disease would become their deadliest adversary. The Shotley Bridge General Hospital in County Durham witnessed countless patients afflicted by mysterious ailments brought back from distant lands. Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror valiantly led his crew through treacherous waters, but even his courage could not shield them from the invisible enemy lurking within. As depicted in a Punch cartoon, renowned scientist Faraday tried to offer his expertise to Father Thames, symbolizing society's desperate attempts to combat diseases. The battle against disease takes place at microscopic levels too. T lymphocytes engaging cancer cells under an electron microscope (SEM C001 / 1679) exemplify our ongoing fight against this relentless foe. Awareness campaigns remind us that "Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, " urging us to take precautions for public health. Medical advancements have revolutionized treatments over time. Pneumothorax treatment using X-rays has saved countless lives by effectively collapsing lung cavities caused by diseases like tuberculosis. However, these triumphs cannot overshadow the tragedies faced by Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew who succumbed to disease during their Arctic exploration. Diseases have often been personified throughout history – King Cholera presiding over a court reminds us of the devastating cholera outbreaks that plagued communities worldwide. Medical illustrations depicting appendicitis or bunions captured the urgency with which doctors sought solutions for these painful conditions. Yet perhaps one of the most feared diseases is Alzheimer's, which silently erodes memories and identities. Computer artwork visualizing an Alzheimer's brain serves as a stark reminder of its impact on individuals and families alike. As we navigate through centuries battling various diseases, it becomes evident that our fight is far from over.