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Epidemic Collection (page 6)

"The Perils of Epidemic: A Historical Journey Through Disease and Vaccination" Step back in time to the year 1802

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Epidemic Collection: Cholera is Coming, 1898
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Epidemic Collection: An Address of Thanks from the Faculty to the Right Hon. Mr
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Epidemic Collection: Cholera in Paris, 1832 (engraving) (b / w photo)
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Epidemic Collection: Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports. In the outbreak of 1892 about 260
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Epidemic Collection: Blaize tasting the Plague Medicines (engraving)
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Epidemic Collection: The Leper, after a 16th century manuscript (colour engraving)
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Epidemic Collection: Ms. Fr. 22532 Fol. 118 Leper, from Le Livre des Proprietez des Choses
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Epidemic Collection: St. Iduberge helping lepers (woodcut) (photo)
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Epidemic Collection: The crimes of ignorance, the people of Molfetta destroy a cart of disinfectants intended for
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Epidemic Collection: Outbreak of cholera among Turkish troops at Catalca, Turkey (colour litho)
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Epidemic Collection: Outbreak of plague in Manchuria (colour litho)
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Epidemic Collection: The Flagellants at Doornik in 1349 (colour litho)
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Epidemic Collection: The Great Plague of London
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Epidemic Collection: Outbreak of plague in Manchuria (colour litho)
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Epidemic Collection: Mortuary cross from plague victim, 1348 (lead)
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Epidemic Collection: Blaize Purchasing the Infallible Antidotes (engraving)
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Epidemic Collection: The Dance of Death (engraving)
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Epidemic Collection: The Plague of Guebwiller in 1348, from The Legends of Alsace by Georges Spetz
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Epidemic Collection: The Men who are Fighting the Plague at Cape Town, illustration from The King
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Epidemic Collection: Peste de Marseille. Plague of Marseille
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Epidemic Collection: Saint Roch praying to the Virgin for the cessation of the plague
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Epidemic Collection: Scarlet fever and measles - 19th century
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Epidemic Collection: Typhus during the Napoleonic Wars Soldiers of the French army suffer from fever caused by
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Epidemic Collection: The Duke of Orleans visiting the sick of the hotel dieu during the cholera epidemic
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Epidemic Collection: Saint Charles Borromeo San Carlo Borromeo communized the dying pestiferous people during
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Epidemic Collection: The Cholera on board the Melpomene - (Depot of the Sanitary Service of Marseille)
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Epidemic Collection: View of the Cours (from Marseille) during the plague of 1720 (oil on canvas)
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Epidemic Collection: View of the Cours (from Marseille) during the plague of 1720 (oil on canvas)
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Epidemic Collection: The plague of 1348 in Florence (Italy). At the bottom left, with a wreath of Laurier
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Epidemic Collection: San Rocco (Saint Roch). Painting by Cesare da Sesto (1477 - 1523)
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Epidemic Collection: Saint Roch praying to the Virgin for the cessation of the plague, 1780 (oil on canvas)
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Epidemic Collection: Saint Roch, with bubon of plague on his leg. 1610-1615 (Painting)
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Epidemic Collection: Death in Venice, 1666
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Epidemic Collection: The Plague
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Epidemic Collection: Plague: the surgeon Larray in Jaffa, Egypt, caring for the pestiferous
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Epidemic Collection: The doctor in bed of the pestifere, wood engraving of the 'Liber pestilentialis'
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Epidemic Collection: The Medicine of Venus without the doctor or the Art of waking oneself from syphilis or
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Epidemic Collection: Death of Louis IX from the plague during the 8th crusade in 1270 - Miniature
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Epidemic Collection: Louis IX console a leper: the King of France Saint Louis (1214-1270
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Epidemic Collection: The healing of the Asian plague: Dr. Yersin vaccinating the pestiferous animals of
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Epidemic Collection: Le devouement de l eveque de Marseille, Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce Castelmoron
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Epidemic Collection: Cart picking up the dead during the cholera epidemic in Palermo in 1835
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Epidemic Collection: Precautions against cholera (colour litho)
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Epidemic Collection: St Pancras Hospita (engraving)
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Epidemic Collection: The Coffin Makers Carousal (engraving)
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Epidemic Collection: Death as Assassin, 1851 (wood engraving)


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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.