Epidemic Collection (page 14)

YELLOW FEVER, 1898. Temporary tent hospital maintained by the U.S. Marine Hospital Service at Franklin, Louisiana, during the yellow fever epidemic of 1898

YELLOW FEVER, 1793. Dead house on the Schuylkill River during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793. Watercolor by David J

YELLOW FEVER, 1796. Detail from a broadside by Jonathan Plummer, Jr. 1796, recounting the deaths of forty-four persons from malignant fever (yellow fever) at Newburyport, Massachusetts

FLU WARD, c1918. The flu ward at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D. C. Photograph
FLU WARD, c1918. The flu ward at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. Photograph, c1918

PLAGUE OF LONDON, 1665. A London, England, street scene during the plague year of 1665. Contemporary woodcut

LONDON PLAGUE, 1665. Title-page, in the form of a gravestone, from Bills of Mortality, a printed report to King Charles II of England about the people who died of the plague from December 1664 to

Peace Before War
30th September 1938: News placards at Londons Westminster Station announce the terms of peace in Czechoslovakia as set down in the Munich Pact, only months before the outbreak of World War II

Flu Epidemic
A man sprays the inside of a bus of the London General Omnibus Co with anti-flu preparation during the flu epidemic which followed the First World War, London, 2nd March 1920. (Photo by H. F)

Santa Maria Della Salute
The Santa Maria Della Salute seen here at sunset. This is a stunning landmark of Venice and the surrounding area. A striking basilica in Venice

The Great Blue Boar
A cartoon from The Weekly Show-up or Political, Satirical & General Humourist, 21st July 1832. A man marches through London with an effigy

Antique illustration of plague in Marseille

Buried Alive
A cholera victim awakens to find themselves already in their coffin, 1854. L Inhumation Precipitee or The Premature Burial by Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz. From the Wiertz Museum in Brussels

Chinese girl suffering from smallpox: watercolor
CHINA: SMALLPOX. Chinese girl suffering from smallpox: watercolor

The Mad Dog Epidemic. Scene on an uptown avenue in New York City, January 1886. Contemporary American wood engraving
RABIES EPIDEMIC, 1886. The Mad Dog Epidemic. Scene on an uptown avenue in New York City, January 1886. Contemporary American wood engraving

Pen-and-ink drawing, 1920, by Karl Arnold
GERMANY: DANCE EPIDEMIC. Pen-and-ink drawing, 1920, by Karl Arnold

Test tube containing a culture of cholera bacilli grown by Robert Koch. Line engraving, 1890
ROBERT KOCH: BACILLI, 1890. Test tube containing a culture of cholera bacilli grown by Robert Koch. Line engraving, 1890

Engraving after a drawing by Robert Koch of fresh bacilli from the lungs of a tuberculosis patient
ROBERT KOCH: BACILLI. Engraving after a drawing by Robert Koch of fresh bacilli from the lungs of a tuberculosis patient, as seen under Kochs microscope

Chart illustrating the weekly mortality rates from smallpox (bottom) and meningitis in New York City over the course of
EPIDEMICS CHART, 1872. Chart illustrating the weekly mortality rates from smallpox (bottom) and meningitis in New York City over the course of the year 1872

Smallpox victim. From French medical book c1890

Smallpox Hospital, Highgate, London, c1871. Built to meet needs of epidemic of 1870-1871. Windows show influence of Florence Nightingales principles of ventilation. Engraving

Man suspended by hooks, swung through air at ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox at her temple at Negapattam, Southern India

Burying victims of the Plague of London (1665) at night in multiple graves. Two of men are smoking pipes, partly to combat stench of corpses

St Anthony the Great (Antony) of Thebes 251-356. Egyptian aesthetic: Father of Christian monasticism: Patron saint of herdsmen

Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London c1800. Fever (isolation) hospitals for highly infectious diseases built outside cities

Flagellant: 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman. Sect, founded 1260, whipped themselves until blood ran in order to obtain Gods mercy and to appease his wrath for the sins of mankind

A Court for King Cholera typical of crowded, unsanitary conditions in London slums. Cartoon from Punch London 25 September 1852. Wood engraving

Napoleon in the Pesthouse of Jaffa (detail) 1804. Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) French Neoclassical painter. Oil on canvas

Ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital. This was under the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board and was built to meet the needs of the epidemic of the winter of 1870-1871

Human Louse, a wingless parasitic insect. Engraving from Robert Hooke Micrographia London 1665. Now known to be vector for Epidemic typhus

Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician, vaccinating his son, (c1796). Jenner by 1796 had proved that serum from Cowpox would protect from smallpox

Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician. Jenner practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted that immunity to smallpox was given by cowpox

Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician. Jenner practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted that immunity to smallpox was given by cowpox

Consigning bodies of the plague to a communal grave in the plague pit - Plague of London, 1665. Nineteenth century illustration

Plague of London, 1665. Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the plague. Engraving of 1810

Pestilence one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt: Exodus. Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) French painter and book illustrator for The Bible (London 1866). Wood engraving

Saint Louis (Louis IX of France) disembarking at Carthage during his second (the Eighth) crusade 1270. Woodcut from Passaiges d oultremer 1518

Saint Louis (Louis IX of France) and his brothers Alphonse and Charles taken prisoner during the Sixth Crusade. Ransomed 1250. Woodcut of 1522. Incidence of Scurvy high amongst Crusaders

The Victim Illustration by AB Houghton for Tennysons poem 1868. Arch-Druid about to sacrifice Kings son to save people from plague. At last moment Queen takes the blow and becomes the sacrifice

Flagellants or Brothers of the Cross in Netherlands town of Doornik 1349 scourging themselves as they walk through streets in order to free world from Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

The Cowshed mezzotint after George Morland (1763-1804) English artist. Cowman milks into bucket. Milkmaid waits, holding yoke on which buckets carried. Hay loft: Lantern: hens

Mistaking Cause for Effect. Boy thinks the Water Board man is turning on cholera. Cartoon from Punch London, 1849

Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports. In the outbreak of 1892 about 260, 000 died in Russia and 7, 600 in Hamburg. The epidemic was prevented in Britain

Bills of mortality: Announcement of death through diseases in London in 1665 during the Great Plague

Johannes Stoeffler or Stofler (1452-1531) German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, instrument maker and teacher. Professor of mathematics and astronomy at Tubingen from 1507. Died of plague

Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739), English mathematician. Saunderson lost his sight to Smallpox when he was an infant. He became Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge

Epidemic Typhus or Gaol Fever, caused by the organism Rickettsia prowazeki, is spread by lice. Here a peasant woman in the Spanish Pyrenees is removing lice, the vector for the disease

Child with Smallpox
A child with Smallpox, Infectious Diseases Hospital, Madras, India, 1970s. WHO photograph by FN Sharma

Last case of Smallpox, India
Last indigenous case of Smallpox in India, Katihar District, Eihar State. Victim, Manjo a 7 year old boy, May 1975. WHO photograph

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"The Perils of Epidemic: A Historical Journey Through Disease and Vaccination" Step back in time to the year 1802, as we delve into the satirical etching by James Gillray titled "The Cow-Pock. " This artwork sheds light on Edward Jenner's groundbreaking discovery of vaccination against smallpox. Witness how this medical breakthrough sparked a revolution in disease prevention. Fast forward to the 17th century, where we encounter a haunting figure known as the Plague Doctor. Adorned with a beak-like mask and long cloak, this enigmatic character symbolizes the fear and despair that engulfed communities during outbreaks of deadly diseases like bubonic plague. In 1866, an eye-opening cartoon called "Deaths Dispensary" highlighted water pollution as a source of disease. It serves as a stark reminder that even seemingly harmless elements can become breeding grounds for epidemics if left unchecked. Meanwhile, another cartoon from the same year warns about pollution's detrimental effects on public health. The image aptly named "POLLUTION CARTOON" emphasizes how contaminated water sources can lead to widespread illness and death. Venturing further into history, we stumble upon Whitstable's Oyster Catch - an eerie reminder of how foodborne illnesses have plagued societies throughout time. This cautionary tale reminds us that even indulging in culinary delights may come at great risk during times of epidemic. London's Great Plague of 1665 is vividly depicted through a contemporary English woodcut entitled "Lord, have mercy on London. " This chilling artwork captures the desperation and devastation caused by one of history's most infamous pandemics. Moving ahead to 1851, we confront "Death as Assassin, " portrayed through a haunting wood engraving. Here death personified lurks amidst society like an unseen assassin ready to strike at any moment – reminding us that epidemics spare no one regardless of social status or wealth. Cuba, circa 1900, witnessed the conquest of Yellow Fever.