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Background imageDisease Collection: Pontsarn Sanatorium, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Pontsarn Sanatorium, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
Pontsarn Sanatorium, in the parish of Vaynor, near Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales. The sanatorium was established in 1913 by the Merthyr Tydfil Union for the treatment of tuberculosis patients

Background imageDisease Collection: The Death of Kalulu, Kalulu Falls, Central Africa, 1876

The Death of Kalulu, Kalulu Falls, Central Africa, 1876
Engraving showing the death of Kalulu, at the Kalulu Falls, during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877

Background imageDisease Collection: Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, Scotland

Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, Scotland
Patients plough the land and plant seed potatoes at the Farm Colony (founded in 1910) at The Royal Victoria Hospital, founded in 1894

Background imageDisease Collection: The Murrain of Beast. The Fifth Plague: Livestock Disease. E

The Murrain of Beast. The Fifth Plague: Livestock Disease. Exod 9. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th C

Background imageDisease Collection: PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Vaccination of sheep against ant

PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Vaccination of sheep against ant
PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895) French chemist and bacteriologist. Vaccination of sheep against anthrax. Agerville (France), 1884. Engraving

Background imageDisease Collection: Enfermedades de los ojos (Eye diseases). Engraving

Enfermedades de los ojos (Eye diseases). Engraving illustrating major eye diseases: stye, conjunctivitis, squint, pterygium, keratitis. Engraving

Background imageDisease Collection: WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD

WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD
Your Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

Background imageDisease Collection: WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
but my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Background imageDisease Collection: WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the Unprotected

WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the Unprotected
Malaria Strikes the Unprotected, Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster published by the Times of India Press, Bombay, warning against malaria

Background imageDisease Collection: Homo sapiens tibia

Homo sapiens tibia
Two human bones from different sides of the Atlantic ocean used to show how syphillis was spread since its appearance in Naples in 1495

Background imageDisease Collection: Schistosoma spp. blood fluke

Schistosoma spp. blood fluke
The blood fluke (Schistosoma spp.) is the cause of the disease bilharzia or schistosomiasis in humans

Background imageDisease Collection: Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium

Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium
A heavily mineralized cranium once belonging to that of Homo sapiens who lived about 130, 000 years ago. This specimen was discovered in Singa, Sudan by W.R.G. Bond in 1924

Background imageDisease Collection: Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke

Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke
Scanning electron microscope image of a parasitic bloodfluke or flatworm. Coloured artifically by computer

Background imageDisease Collection: Hospital ships Atlas, Endymion, Castalia, at Long Reach

Hospital ships Atlas, Endymion, Castalia, at Long Reach
View of the Metropolitan Asylums Boards hospital ships Atlas (left), Endymion (centre) and Castalia (right) on the River Thames at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent

Background imageDisease Collection: Sealyham House, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Sealyham House, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of Sealyham House or Mansion, a Georgian style country house near Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageDisease Collection: White Oak School, Swanley, Kent

White Oak School, Swanley, Kent
General view of the White Oak School, Swanley, Kent. The school was established in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of ophthalmia, a highly infectious condition of the eyes

Background imageDisease Collection: Enfield Isolation Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex

Enfield Isolation Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex
The Isolation Hospital at Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. The hospital, opened in 1900 by Enfield Urban District Council, later became known as South Lodge Hospital

Background imageDisease Collection: Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent

Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent
Entrance to the Princess Marys Hospital, Wilderness Road, Margate, Kent. The site, originally known as Eastcliff House, was acquired in 1898 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a seaside hospital

Background imageDisease Collection: Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent

Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent
Central administration block of the Joyce Green Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent. The hospital, opened in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, was initially used for smallpox patients

Background imageDisease Collection: Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham, Berkshire

Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham, Berkshire
Aerial view of the Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire, which was originally opened in 1898 as the London Open Air Sanatorium by the National Association for

Background imageDisease Collection: Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North London

Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North London
Aerial view of Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North London. The hospital was originally the Central London District Sick Asylum

Background imageDisease Collection: St Lukes Hospital, Lowestoft, Suffolk

St Lukes Hospital, Lowestoft, Suffolk
St Lukes Hospital at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Formerly the Empire Hotel, the building was acquired in 1921 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Background imageDisease Collection: Cholera Victim

Cholera Victim
A cholera victim

Background imageDisease Collection: Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1888

Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1888
Harness Electropathic belt treatment. 1888

Background imageDisease Collection: Cholera epidemic, Tiberias, Israel

Cholera epidemic, Tiberias, Israel
Cholera epidemic, Tiberias, Lower Galilee, Israel, 1-15 October 1918 -- chart drawn by the American Zionist Medical Unit (part of a missionary society), showing cases to the west of Bahar Jehud

Background imageDisease Collection: Bacteriology Laboratory, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Bacteriology Laboratory, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. 1931

Background imageDisease Collection: Child with Yaws, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa

Child with Yaws, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1923

Background imageDisease Collection: The healing of Naaman

The healing of Naaman - 2 Kings. circa 1690

Background imageDisease Collection: Jesus curing the man of the palsy

Jesus curing the man of the palsy - Matthew 9. circa 1688

Background imageDisease Collection: Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1891

Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1891
Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs or quack nostrums. Claims to cure all rheumatic and nervous affections. 1891

Background imageDisease Collection: Spain. Madrid. Womens room on the Hospital installed at the

Spain. Madrid. Womens room on the Hospital installed at the
Spain. Madrid. Hospital installed at the Palace of Fine Arts on the occasion of the epidemic of cholera that threatened the city in 1890. Womens room. Engraving

Background imageDisease Collection: Foot and Mouth Research Laboratory, Pirbright, Surrey

Foot and Mouth Research Laboratory, Pirbright, Surrey, the centre for research into this virulent disease. Seen here is a process worker in the main production unit. Date: 1968

Background imageDisease Collection: Africa. Native affected by sleeping sickness. Engraving by T

Africa. Native affected by sleeping sickness. Engraving by Thiriat, 1903. Colored

Background imageDisease Collection: Africa. European doctors examining a native attacked by slee

Africa. European doctors examining a native attacked by slee
HISTORY OF AFRICA. Doctors in an expedition of European explorers, examining the native blood attacked by sleeping sickness. Engraving by Thiriat. 1903. Colored

Background imageDisease Collection: Visiting a sick woman. Colored engraving

Visiting a sick woman. Colored engraving of The Artistic Illustration, 1892

Background imageDisease Collection: The centurions servant sick in bed. Codex of Predis (1476)

The centurions servant sick in bed. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Background imageDisease Collection: Abraham Cowley - 3

Abraham Cowley - 3
ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet, for whom life is an incurable disease. Date: 1618 - 1667

Background imageDisease Collection: Fumigating a Room

Fumigating a Room
This young woman covers her mouth to protect herself from breathing in harmful bacteria as she seals a doorway and keyhole of a room in her house for fumigation from disease. Date: early 1930s

Background imageDisease Collection: Trafalgar Square Birds

Trafalgar Square Birds
Tourists in Trafalgar Square are virtually obscured by the sheer volume of pigeons around them. Date: 1950s

Background imageDisease Collection: Vernon at Cartagena / 1741

Vernon at Cartagena / 1741
The Spanish American port of Cartagena besieged by Admiral Vernon. Despite Vernons claims, the operation was a failure, and many men were lost through disease. Date: March 1741

Background imageDisease Collection: French Cholera victim

French Cholera victim
A horrified crowd gathers round to see a cholera victim in France Date: 1832

Background imageDisease Collection: Fragment of a woody branch of vine attacked by the

Fragment of a woody branch of vine attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

Background imageDisease Collection: Scientific experiments in the jungle in the early

Scientific experiments in the jungle in the early 20th century. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Background imageDisease Collection: Surgery using ether as anesthetic administered by

Surgery using ether as anesthetic administered by inhalation, at Bellevue Hospital in New York, 1870. Method first experienced by William T. G. Morton in 1846. Oil



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