Disease Collection (page 5)

Disease of the vines. Engraving of 1853
Bunch of grapes partially attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium in the first days of July. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food -- Keep Food Covered
Flies Foul Food - Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow. Keep Food Covered! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Anti-dysentery

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food
Flies Foul Food. Your health depends on wholesome food - keep it covered from flies! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Be Prepared
A Story and a Warning, .Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster, published by The Times of India Press, Bombay

British veterinary hospital in France, 1916
Men at a British Veterinary Hospital in France scrubbing a skin disease on a horse after a warm bath during the First World War. Date: 1916

A-Tich-oo! Influenza in 1918
Influenza personified in the shape of a rather monstrous being tapping an unsuspecting chap on the head and announcing, Good evening! I m the new influenza. Date: 1918

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

Medical orderlies during plague outbreak
Medical orderlies dressed in long coats and gloves and with covered faces, to deal with the bubonic plague outbreak in China around 1911. Date: C.1911

Plague scientist in China
Western doctor or scientist in China during the bubonic plague outbreak; died during research work. Date: 1911

Bubonic plague in China
Bubonic plague outbreak in China, in Tientsin (now Tianjin): people wrapped up to try to protect themselves from the plague, possibly carrying out some sort of fumigation procedure. Date: 1911

Cholera vaccination in Spain
A doctor innoculates a worried gentleman with the cholera vaccine. Date: 1885

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

Cheddar Man
The skull of Cheddar Man. This skull is approximately 10, 000 years old. The hole in the forehead may have been caused by infection and also possibly be the cause of death

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

Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium endocast
An endocast of 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

Kogia breviceps, pygmy sperm whale
Photograph of the skull of a pygmy sperm whale

Bulinus sp. snails
Specimen jar containing snails (Bulinus). These snails act as intermediate hosts for the parasite of the tropical disease bilharzia. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Crowd around flea case, 1927
During the first decades of the 20th century, the Central Hall contained a number of exhibit cases explaining the role of insects and other animals in spreading disease

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

Anopheles labranchiae, mosquito
This species of mosquito is of medical importance as it is a vector of malaria

Myiasis species
A collection of adult Myiasis causing fly specimens. Myaisis is the infestation of organs or tissues of the hosting animals. Photographed by Martin Hall

Triatoma brasiliensis, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Rhodnius ecuadorionsis, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Cavernicola pilosa, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Belminus sp. triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Dipetalogaster maxima, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Eratyrus mucronatus, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Panstrongylus megistus, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Psammolestes tertius, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Rhodnius pictipes, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Triatoma migrans, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Triatoma cavernicola, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Rhodnius prolixus, C
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Triatoma costalimi, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Triatoma pallidipennis, triatomine bug

Triatoma rubrovaria, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Triatoma rubrofasciata, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Triatoma sordida, triatomine bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Bulinus sp. Biomphalaria sp. African snails
A collection of shells of species involved in the life cycle of blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma which gives rise to the disease Schistosomiasis in humans

Pthirus gorillae, gorilla louse
Photomicrograph of a gorilla louse specimen, length 2.5 mm from Rwanda / Zaire. The gorilla louse is from the same genus as the human louse

Treatise on the plague in France. Depicting a group of doctors explaining the disease to the King. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Dr. D. Jaynes tonic vermifuge. A sure remedy for worms. Advertisement for patent remedies, showing Moses held in a basket by a young woman. Date c1889

The first 2 years consult a reputable physician 91% of syphilitic infections relapse in this period : The disease may be transmitted to others who contact the lesion

Poster: Diphtheria is Deadly, Immunisation Protects. Showing a healthy, smiling child. 20th century

Group photo, Dr Berrys Serbian Mission
A group photograph of Austrian prisoners and their nurses at Dr James Berrys Serbian Mission, a Red Cross Unit in Serbia during the First World War

Percival Pott
PERCIVALL POTT surgeon at St Bartholomews hospital, London, who gave his name to a fracture of the ankle and a deformity of the spine, Potts disease. Date: 1714 - 1788

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