Blood Collection (page 7)

Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937
Just a small wound but.... I never run the risk of blood poisoning. As soon as any member of my family gets a scratch or cut, let alone a more serious wound, I instantly apply Sanitas

Nursery Rhymes -- monkey, horse and cart, butcher
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations, showing a monkey falling from a tree, a horse pulling a cart full of sacks, and a butcher who has cut his hand on a knife. Date: early 20th century

Blood and Iron 1914
On 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of the First World War; a few days later this illustration appeared in The Graphic. Date: 1914

Brazza Photo
PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA French sailor and traveler in Africa who, it is said, never fired a gun or shed a drop of native blood. Photo 1882. Date: 1852 - 1905

August Wassermann
AUGUST von WASSERMANN German physician, notable for the diagnostic blood-test for syphilis named after him. Date: 1866 - 1925

Thierry D alsace
THIERRY D ALSACE Flemish crusader, son of Thierry duc de Lorraine : he made four journeys to the Holy Land, bringing back the blood of Jesus; built Gravelines. Date: ? - 1168

Marie De Sombreuil
MARIE-MAURINE VIROT DE SOMBREUIL - daughter of governor of Invalides, imprisoned with him, saved his life by drinking a glass of blood. Date: 1774 - 1823

Dead Buffalo, by Thomas Baines
Dead Buffalo, King Vulture and Common Vultures, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (2 of 5) Date: 1874

Dermacentor andersoni, Rocky Mountain wood tick
This armoured tick species, the Rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) is capable of causing paralysis

Philoliche longirostris, horse fly
A horse fly specimen from India. This fly uses its long proboscis to feed at flowers. The mouthparts of the female also include shorter blades with which it takes blood

Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick
Close-up of a pair ofsheep ticks (Ixodes ricinus) on a black background. Ticks are blood-sucking parasites which feed on the blood of their host

Trypanosomes
Scanning electron microscope image showing a trypanosoma blood smear. They have proved to be of great interest as they have evolved very differently to other better studied organisms

Ornithodoros moubata, tick
This species of tick (Ornithodoros moubata) specifically carries the virus of African swine fever

Realgar comprises of (arsenic sulphide). It is also known as ruby sulphur and is a rare non-metallic sulphide mineral. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Ithaginis cruentus, blood pheasant
Plate 43 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Anopheles sp. anopheline mosquito
Female mosquito feeding. The female requires a diet of blood to ensure the successful maturation of her eggs

Larus marinus, great black-backed gull
Plate 241 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Red blood cells
Example of normal red blood cells in an exhibit on what is sickle cell anaemia, in Origin of Species Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Adult ticks from domestic cattle in East Africa
These ticks are engorged with their hosts blood. To minimise the risk of drying out, they are plugged with cotton wool and usually inverted inside jars of spirit

Prunus sp. blood-red peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Sanguinole

Symphoromyia pachyceras, snipe fly
Snipe fly from California, U.S.A. Females of this fly feed on blood which is necessary for egg production. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobaldia annulata, mosquito
Watercolour by Amadeo John Engel Terzi (1872-1956) c. 1904

Ixodes ricinus, tick
Close-up of a recently fed tick (Ixodes ricinus) full of its hosts blood, on black background

Amblyomma americanum, lone star tick
A pair of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum). Ticks are blood-sucking parasites which feed on the blood of their host

Amblyomma hebraeum, African cattle tick
A male African cattle tick (Amblyomma hebraeum). Ticks are blood-sucking parasites wich live off the blood supply from their host

Tyrannosaurus rex with Triceratops
Model of the animatronic predator T. rex in T. rex The Killer Question exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, 2003

Calliphora vicina, blowfly larva and pupa
The larvae of this blowfly attack people asleep on the ground. Specimen found in Belgian Congo. Photographed by Martin Hall

Circus cyaneus, hen harrier
Plate 356 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Corvus corax, northern raven
Watercolour by Archibald Thorburn c.(1885-97)

Italian Unification. Battle of Solferino (24th June 1859). Litography

SERVET, Miguel (1511-1553). Spanish doctor and

Blood Transfusion / 1667
Blood transfusion, by injection Date: 1667

Dardanelles Cartoon / 1915
A German view of the Britsh Dardanelles expedition. 1915

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorders Have your blood tested. Poster promoting blood tests for syphilis. Date between 1936 and 1941

A prince of the blood. Date c1893

See real warfare - over there cantonment - made possible by blood-not money 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore - tickets for sale here. Poster showing a tank climbing across a trench. Date 1917

A race for blood!. Date c1890

Harvey demonstrating to Charles the first his theory of the circulation of the blood

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life, if you eat only what you need, and waste nothing. Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. Date 1917

The early stages of yellow fever
Portrait of a young man in the early stages of yellow fever. He is in bed and is very flushed and his eyes are bloodshot. From: Observations sur la fievre jaune, faites a Cadix, en 1819 Date: 1820

Portrait of a healthy young man before he contracts Yellow fever. From: Observations sur la fievre jaune, faites a Cadix, en 1819 Date: 1820

In bed with yellow fever
Portrait of a young man in bed with yellow fever. His skin is very yellow and he is bleeding from his nose. From: Observations sur la fievre jaune, faites a Cadix, en 1819 Date: 1820

Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood test & examination should be made before marriage by your doctor or Bureau of Social Hygiene Clinic, 51 Stuyvesant Place

Your blood is bad means you have syphilis You can give it to others through sexual intercourse and in other ways : You must keep up treatments for at least six months to one year following infection

Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Glorious Twelfth
Illustrated masthead design for the outer cover of the Bystander magazine featuring a woman on the grouse moors enjoying some shooting on the Glorious Twelfth. Date: 1927

Poster: Blood Donors Wanted. Your blood can save the life of someone, somewhere. Showing two soldiers tending a wounded colleague. 20th century

Vampire bats attack sleepers
Three sleeping men attacked by vampire bats. Date: C.1895

A hunt in Herefordshire
A huntsmen, elderly gentleman and small boy surrounded by hounds anticipating the start of the hunt in Herefordshire. Late 1970s

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