Fever Collection (page 3)

SEMMELWEISS, Ignaz (1816 - 1865). Hungarian doctor. He discovered that puerperal fever is caused by infectious agents. Oil

War fever in Berlin, Germany
While the issue of peace or war with Russia was hanging in the balance, a frenzy of war fever gripped Berlin. Date: 1914

Train Transporting Typhoid Sufferers
A Russian train being used as a temporary hospital specialising in treatment for patients suffering from Typhoid fever. Date: 1920

Sir Philip Stapleton
SIR PHILIP STAPLETON Parliamentary soldier who opposed Cromwell : he died at Calais of fever while fleeing from England. Date: 1603 - 1647

James Richardson
JAMES RICHARDSON - traveler in North Africa, wearing the Ghadamsee costume in which he passed unnoticed among the indigenous populace. He died of fever exploring Tchad. Date: 1806 - 1851

A French Gentleman enquires after the health of an idiot
A smart French Gentleman enquires after the health of an obvious idiot. " Vat as been ze mattare? Zey tell me you af not ad ze good ealths

Pinckneya bracteata, fever tree
Unnumbered drawing from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

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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

Western Hospital, Fulham
Frontage of the Western Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Seagrave Road, Fulham. It was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869 became responsible

Henry, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, elder son of King James I of England (VI of Scotland). He died of typhoid fever. Date: 1594 - 1612

Fountain Hospital, Tooting, South London
The Fountain Hospital under construction in 1893. The 400-bed hospital, designed by Thomas W Aldwinckle, was erected and fitted out in nine weeks to deal with a scarlet fever epidemic in London

Western Fever Hospital, Fulham

South-Western Hospital, Stockwell, London
Part of the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients

Charles Victor Leclerc
CHARLES VICTOR EMMANUEL LECLERC - French military, married Maria Bonaparte, Napoleons sister. Defeated Toussaint - Louverture in Haiti in 1802, died of fever Date: 1702 - 1802

Agnes Jones, workhouse nursing pioneer
Agnes Elizabeth Jones (1832-1868) was trained at Florence Nightingales nursing school at St Thomas Hospital in London. In 1865 she was appointed to superintend an experimental nursing scheme at

The Park Hospital, Hither Green, London
Kitchens of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. Uniformed staff cook food on a large range. The only man present operates a large mincing machine

Union Workhouse, Limerick, Ireland, perspective view
The Union workhouse at Limerick, Ireland, was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1841. This 1847 view shows the workhouse after proposed enlargements

John Bull gets crossword fever
The mid-1920s crossword craze brings John Bull out in crossword fever as an epidemic of crossword puzzles hook the nation

Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London
A view of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. The Park was one of the fever hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board between 1870

South Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, South London
A porter at the entrance to the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell, South London. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients

MAB First Ambulance
Side view of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals

Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
A uniformed porter at the gate of the Northern Hospital at Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. Just inside are a horse and carriage and a horse and cart

Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London
A distant view of the Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London. The Brook was one of the fever hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board between 1870

Panic in a railway carriage
Passengers flee a railway carriage in Florida after a female passenger shows symptoms of Yellow fever

Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888
Engraving showing Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888. It was here that George Gordon, Lord Byron, died from marsh fever whilst fighting the Turks in 1824

America, Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a co
San Franciscos commerce was growing by the day in 1850, as gold fever reached its height. Four rivers produced gold worth over 30 million dollars in the last 5 months of 1850

California. San Francisco and Sacramento. San Francisco, gen
The City of San Francisco was in the grip of gold fever in the 1850s and was growing in population by the day, as many as 2, 000 immigrants were arriving by sea each day

Bonanza Hotel, on the south of the Klondike River, Alaska
The Bonanza Hotel, one of the most popular hotels for gold diggers on the trail to Dawson, Alaska. Dawson was a town that rose over night during the gold fever of 1896-1897

Yellow Fever Victim
A yellow fever victim

Ward in the Hampstead small pox hospital
The Hampstead hospital was one of the four fever and small pox hospitals in London. The building was erected in 1870 to cope with the small pox epidemic

Hospital carriage diagram
A hospital carriage used to transport fever and small pox patients. The carriage was thought to prevent the spread of infection when conveying the patient through the streets to the hospital

Doctor Sangrado relieving John Bull of the Yellow Fever

Fever Hallucination
Fever victim hallucinates an unknown woman

World is Crazy for Gold
Satire on gold fever - the world has gone crazy for gold!

Crossword Fever in USA
Crossword Puzzle Fever hits America - a proposal to erect huge crosswords at railway crossings to entertain travellers waiting for the train to pass

Saint-Medard, Cure
SAINT-MEDARD, Paris Marguerite Francoise du Chene is one of the convulsionnaires who is cured of her ailment, haemorrhage and fever, at the tomb of M. de Paris

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