Infection Collection (page 8)

Pamphlet explaining the Virtue and Use of Coffee, c. 1721 (litho)
GHL240157 Pamphlet explaining the Virtue and Use of Coffee, c.1721 (litho) by Bradley, Richard (fl.1721); London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; eLondon Metropolitan Archives; English

Symptoms of syphilis in men and women, from a medical book, c
CHT236068 Symptoms of syphilis in men and women, from a medical book, c.1850-60 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Plague in India, Fighting the Epidemic in Bombay (b / w photo)
1042537 The Plague in India, Fighting the Epidemic in Bombay (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Plague in India)

The New York Tammany Frauds (engraving)
1057650 The New York Tammany Frauds (engraving) by Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New York Tammany Frauds)

Born a Genius, and, Born a Dwarf (engraving)
5997845 Born a Genius, and, Born a Dwarf (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Born a Genius, and, Born a Dwarf)

Tom Thumb and his Relatives (engraving)
1593924 Tom Thumb and his Relatives (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom Thumb and his Relatives. Illustration for The Pictorial Times, 3 January 1846)

Quirigua (b / w photo)
3099432 Quirigua (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quirigua. Illustration for Wonders of the Past edited by J A Hammerton (Fleetway)

Frantisek Holoubek Violet English bathing soap (colour litho)
982700 Frantisek Holoubek Violet English bathing soap (colour litho) by Czech School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frantisek Holoubek Violet English bathing soap)

The Elves and Dwarves (coloured engraving)
979145 The Elves and Dwarves (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Elves and Dwarves.); © Look and Learn

Flies carry contagion into the home; Tanglefoot catches and destroys them (colour litho)
3657100 Flies carry contagion into the home; Tanglefoot catches and destroys them (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Queens dwarf plays a trick upon Gulliver (colour litho)
3628296 The Queens dwarf plays a trick upon Gulliver (colour litho) by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queens dwarf plays a trick upon Gulliver)

Asra (b / w photo)
3639194 Asra (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asra.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Jeffery Hudson, nain de Henriette de France (engraving)
3629568 Jeffery Hudson, nain de Henriette de France (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jeffery Hudson, nain de Henriette de France)

Saint Elzear of Sabran healing three Lepers, c. 1373 (alabaster)
3619776 Saint Elzear of Sabran healing three Lepers, c.1373 (alabaster) by French School, (14th century); 43.5x38.5x12 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The illness of Pius X, the faithful and curious in St. Peters Square looking at the window of the Popes room
2815538 The illness of Pius X, the faithful and curious in St. Peters Square looking at the window of the Popes room (colour litho) by Beltrame

Uprising in Bombay (litho)
2818855 Uprising in Bombay (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Uprising in Bombay. Unrest broke out after British doctors attempted to examine a Hindu woman)

Famous children (colour litho)
2795456 Famous children (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Famous children. Double page illustration contained in one of the series of Les Recreations)

Royal Stone (Colour Litho)
2809065 Royal Stone (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal pity. Queen Elena has recently visited the Military Sanatorium of Anzio)

Nurse in charge of an English hospitable who heals a child by disguising himself bizarrely... (colour litho)
2808494 Nurse in charge of an English hospitable who heals a child by disguising himself bizarrely... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The severe flood in Paris, forced exodus of the sick from a hospitable invaded by the waters of the Seine (colour litho)
2815305 The severe flood in Paris, forced exodus of the sick from a hospitable invaded by the waters of the Seine (colour litho) by Beltrame

General De Sonnaz, in agony, wearing the uniform with the decorations, makes a toast to the King and the Motherland
2814775 General De Sonnaz, in agony, wearing the uniform with the decorations, makes a toast to the King and the Motherland (colour litho) by Beltrame

"Good morning, my son, said the Dwarf"(engraving)
2780962 " Good morning, my son, said the Dwarf" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Good morning, my son)

Mysterious epidemic in Berlin (colour litho)
2779786 Mysterious epidemic in Berlin (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mysterious epidemic in Berlin)

In Minneapolis (United States), a bandit, in broad daylight, with a revolver in his hand... (colour litho)
2778026 In Minneapolis (United States), a bandit, in broad daylight, with a revolver in his hand... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Jeffery Hudson, aged 30 years, 18 inches high, dwarf to King Charles I (engraving)
609428 Jeffery Hudson, aged 30 years, 18 inches high, dwarf to King Charles I (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jeffery Hudson, aged 30 years)

Drink the Plague, Drink the Plague (engraving)
725530 Drink the Plague, Drink the Plague (engraving) by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drink the Plague, Drink the Plague)

Dutch dwarfs (coloured engraving)
729931 Dutch dwarfs (coloured engraving) by Dutch School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch dwarfs.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Snow White and Rose Red Help the Dwarf with his Beard (chromolitho)
734918 Snow White and Rose Red Help the Dwarf with his Beard (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snow White and Rose Red Help the Dwarf with his Beard)

Snow White and Rose Red Help the Dwarf with his Fishing Line (chromolitho)
734915 Snow White and Rose Red Help the Dwarf with his Fishing Line (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Statistical chart invented by Florence Nightingale to show the predominance of disease as
FNM321941 Statistical chart invented by Florence Nightingale to show the predominance of disease as a cause of mortality in the British army during the Crimean War

General Tom Thumb (engraving)
560187 General Tom Thumb (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: General Tom Thumb.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

General Tom Thumb in his Carriage (coloured engraving)
558206 General Tom Thumb in his Carriage (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Congenital Ichthyosis, from a book by G. M. Olbers, 1830 (coloured engraving)
CHT236760 Congenital Ichthyosis, from a book by G.M. Olbers, 1830 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque de l Institut d Ophtalmologie, Paris

Ringworm, from a book by Baron Jean Louis Alibert (1768-1837) 1838 (coloured engraving)
CHT236757 Ringworm, from a book by Baron Jean Louis Alibert (1768-1837) 1838 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque de la Faculte de Medecine, Paris

Syphilic cluster pustules, from a book by Baron Jean Louis Alibert (1768-1837
CHT236067 Syphilic cluster pustules, from a book by Baron Jean Louis Alibert (1768-1837) 1838 (coloured engraving) by Tresca, Salvadore (1750-1815); Bibliotheque de la Faculte de Medecine, Paris

The fattest, tallest and shortest men in the World, and a bearded lady (b / w photo)
6000746 The fattest, tallest and shortest men in the World, and a bearded lady (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fattest)

Dwarfism: 60 cm tall man from Prague (b / w photo)
6000729 Dwarfism: 60 cm tall man from Prague (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dwarfism: 60 cm tall man from Prague)

The "Midgets"in Piccadilly (engraving)
1616276 The " Midgets" in Piccadilly (engraving) by Morehen, Horace (b.c.1841); Private Collection; (add.info.: The " Midgets" in Piccadilly)

"Deserted", Hamburg-American Liners in the Elbe (engraving)
1603559 " Deserted", Hamburg-American Liners in the Elbe (engraving) by Schonberg, Johann Nepomuk (1780-1863) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Deserted")

Where character became sublime (litho)
979581 Where character became sublime (litho) by Sheldon, Charles Mills (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Where character became sublime)

Edyrn with his Lady and Dwarf journey to Arthurs Court (engraving)
3649300 Edyrn with his Lady and Dwarf journey to Arthurs Court (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edyrn with his Lady and Dwarf journey to Arthurs Court)

Illustration for David Copperfield (engraving)
3099903 Illustration for David Copperfield (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for David Copperfield)

Group of midgets (b / w photo)
1092394 Group of midgets (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of midgets. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Broderip AIDS ward at Middlesex Hospital which opens 19th January. One of the side wards where special private care can be given to patients. 16th December 1987

Actor Douglas Lambert at home in North London, Doug is dying from AIDS. 31st October 1986

Landgirls are pulling down branches of hops that are infected with mildew as the special spraying tractor goes down the line of hops spraying them with a wash to protect them before the gathering in

Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1900
Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1900

Horse-drawn ambulance 1867
Horse-drawn ambulance design for those suffering with fever and smallpox. Date: 1867

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"Infection: A Historical Journey into the Battle against Disease" In the realm of medicine, it has long been a formidable adversary. From ancient plagues to modern epidemics, humanity has faced countless battles against unseen foes that threaten our very existence. This caption takes us on a captivating journey through history, exploring various artworks and moments that shed light on the fight against infectious diseases. The Cow-Pock satirical etching by James Gillray in 1802 introduces us to Edward Jenner and his groundbreaking work on vaccination. This pivotal moment marked a turning point in medical history, as Jenner's discovery paved the way for immunization practices that would save countless lives. Moving further back in time, we encounter an eerie 17th-century artwork depicting a plague doctor. These haunting figures were tasked with treating victims during one of history's most devastating pandemics - the Black Death. Their iconic beaked masks and dark robes serve as chilling reminders of the horrors unleashed by infectious diseases. Fast forward to 1866, where Deaths Dispensary cartoon highlights water pollution as a source of disease. This powerful image serves as a stark reminder of how environmental factors can contribute to widespread infections and emphasizes the importance of clean water for public health. Another striking woodcut from London during the Great Plague of 1665 begs for divine intervention: "Lord, have mercy on London. " The desperation felt during this catastrophic event is palpable even centuries later, reminding us of our vulnerability when faced with rampant infections. Shifting gears to Cuba in c1900, we witness Dr. Carlos Finlay and Dr. Walter Reed leading efforts against yellow fever after the Spanish-American War. The oil painting captures their determination alongside other physicians observing inoculation procedures – showcasing bravery amidst uncertainty while combating deadly outbreaks. Calots spinal surgery illustration from the 19th century showcases medical advancements aimed at tackling specific infections affecting vital organs like tuberculosis or addressing conditions requiring surgical intervention such as spinal disorders.