Illness Collection (page 4)

Messenger on horseback
A messenger from Sandringham bringing news of the Prince of Wales illness

Dr Syntax in danger. Syntax is unwell and tended to by a doctor who asks him to put his tongue out; servants panic and one rushes in with a dish of boiling water accompanied by an excitable dog

GOUT
Diagram to show how various parts of the body are affected by the inflammatory symptoms of gout

Perfect Wives by Joyce Dennys The wife who had influenza too
Joyce Dennys on Marriage: Perfect Wives. No. 1- The Wife who had influenza too. Despite suffering herself, a woman ends up waiting upon her husband who has a serious case of man flu. Date: 1929

The Buffoon Calabacillas, 1635-1639, by Diego Velazquez
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish painter. The Buffoon Calabacillas, 1635-1639. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1885
Electropathic Battery Belt, restorer of impaired vital energy and its unvarying success. 1885

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1885
Patent harnesses for men and women, effectual remedy for illnesses, with testimonials. 1885

Scene from Molieres play, Le Malade Imaginaire, first performed in 1673. 17th century

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

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

The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Squills
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Squills the Chemists Wife. circa 1910

The possessed man healed by Jesus - Matthew 9. circa 1688

The healing of Naaman - 2 Kings. circa 1690

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

French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat, specialising in intestinal cures. Date: circa 1909

Christmas card in the shape of medicines -- Seidlitz Powders and Liver Pills (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Take Your Medicine. 18th century

Greetings card in the shape of medicines
Greetings card in the shape of a bottle of medicine (labelled black draught) and a box of little blue pills. circa 1890s

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

HMS Marlborough - Funeral at sea of Robert E Clark M. S. M
HMS Marlborough - Funeral at sea of Master-at-Arms Robert E. Clark (195657) M.S.M. (Meritorious Service Medal), who died of an (unspecified) illness on 28th August 1923

RSPCA tending a sick animal, Heathrow Airport, London
RSPCA staff tending a sick animal at the Animal Rescue Centre, Heathrow Airport, London. Date: 1965

Susi - kitten administering medicine to a sick puppy. 1950s

Medical History. Doctors with a patient. Engraving. 16th cen
Medical History. 16th centry. Doctors with a patient. Engraving by Expositio Ugonis Senensis super Aforismos Hippocratis, 1518, Pavia. Colored

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

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

The Stomach Pump -- sad stuff, sad stuff. early 19th century

Caricature of W E Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister
Caricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister -- Mr Gladstone has passed a quiet night, and the Coercion Bill (resulting in the Irish Coercion Act). 1881

Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In
Cartoon, three prominent writers ill in hospital -- F C Burnand (1836-1917), H J Byron (1835-1884) and G R Sims (1847-1922)

Walker Whitman shoe factory, Campello, Boston
The Walker Whitman shoe factory was owned in partnership by William O Walker and William Elbridge Whitman. The factory opened under its name for the purpose of producing shoes for the retail trade

Advert for Homocea, babies medicine 1894
Homocea touches the spot in croup and all similar ailments Available from Hooper, Chemist, King William Street, London. 1894

Seasick passengers
The cabin of a Channel packet (between England and France); several passengers feeling very sorry for themselves, while a steward brings pots. Date: circa 1830

Hysteria Patient / 1887
Hysteria patient at La Salpetriere lying in an ecstatic state, with her arms crossed over her body. Date: 1887

Disraeli / Curzon Street
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Anxious enquirers at his home in Curzon Street during his fatal illness, 1881 Date: 1804 - 1881

A Loving God ?
A loving God ? The idea is ridiculous ! Date: 1904

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1892
Mr. C. B Harness the president of the Institute and the other officers of the Company, may consulted free of charge on all matters relating to health and the application of curative electricity

Edward VII Ill again 71
A bulletin is released at Marlborough House concerning the illness of the Prince of Wales Date: 1871

Event / Victoria 1872
Queen Victoria and the Royal family at the Thanksgiving Service held in St Pauls Cathedral after the recovery from illness of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). Date: 1872

Couple giving medicine to a sick dog, watched by a concerned tabby cat. Date: circa 1950s

Seasickness - Satirical Greetings Postcard. Date: circa 1901

Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1
Cartoon, Nostalgia. A sailor in a trench tells his commander that he is unable to go on the attack this morning because hes suffering from land sickness (presumably the opposite of sea sickness)

Victorian Scrap, man taking medicine from a spoon. circa 1880s

Advertisement for Beechams Powders - Act like magic! Suitable for the treatment of chills, colds and flu. Date: 1930

Dachshund puppy being nursed for indigestion
A Dachshund puppy who feels rather unwell, lying on his back on someones lap -- A Bad Attack of Indigestion. Date: 1930

The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Evelina hospital
Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra visiting the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark Bridge Road, London. Date: 1890

Cartoon, They get what they deserve, WW1
Cartoon, They get what they deserve, showing a group of pessimists, as if in a lunatic asylum, with a sign warning others against approaching or speaking to them. Date: 1915

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)

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

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

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