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Illness Collection (page 5)

Background imageIllness Collection: Edward VII Ill again 71

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Event / Victoria 1872

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Couple giving medicine to a sick dog

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Seasickness - Satirical Greetings Postcard

Seasickness - Satirical Greetings Postcard. Date: circa 1901

Background imageIllness Collection: Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1

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)

Background imageIllness Collection: Victorian Scrap, man taking medicine

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Advertisement for Beechams Powders - Act like magic

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Dachshund puppy being nursed for indigestion

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

Background imageIllness Collection: The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Evelina hospital

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Cartoon, They get what they deserve, WW1

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

Background imageIllness 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 imageIllness 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 imageIllness Collection: WW2 Poster -- Be Prepared

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Real Sympathy by Bruce Bairnsfather

Real Sympathy by Bruce Bairnsfather
Real Sympathy " I wish you d get something for that cough o yours. Thats the second time you ve blown the blinkin candle out

Background imageIllness Collection: Crowd scanning bulletin about King Edward VIIs health

Crowd scanning bulletin about King Edward VIIs health
A crowd outside the offices of the Daily Graphic, waiting anxiously for the regular bulletins about the state of the Kings health following a sudden illness - appendicitis - just two days before his

Background imageIllness Collection: Concert in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital

Concert in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital
Drawing done by Phil May to be used to publicise a Flower Concert to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Date: circa 1890s

Background imageIllness Collection: Baldwin Home, Leper Colony, Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu

Baldwin Home, Leper Colony, Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu
Baldwin Home, Leper Colony on Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIllness Collection: The Sick at the HNDL Piscines, Lourdes, France

The Sick at the HNDL Piscines, Lourdes, France
The Hospitalite Notre Dame de Lourdes (HNDL) a Roman Catholic religious confraternity under the spiritual authority of the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes

Background imageIllness Collection: Invalid Carriages - Tringlets - Lourdes, France

Invalid Carriages - Tringlets - Lourdes, France - for the transportation of the very ill to the Grotto. Date: circa 1930

Background imageIllness Collection: Baby with German Measles - WWI connection

Baby with German Measles - WWI connection
Screaming baby with German Measles - both a reference to this childhood ailment and a reaction to the state of European relations during World War One! Date: circa 1915

Background imageIllness Collection: Christmas card in the shape of medicines

Christmas card in the shape of medicines
Christmas card in the shape of a bottle of medicine and boxes of pills for various ailments. circa 1890s

Background imageIllness Collection: Curing the Headache

Curing the Headache
A painting by Thomas Watling of a woman of New South Wales curing the Headache. The blood which she takes from her own gums she supposes comes along the string from the patient

Background imageIllness Collection: Bensons capcine porous plaster. The best

Bensons capcine porous plaster. The best. Date c1887 July 28

Background imageIllness Collection: Poster: Diphtheria is Deadly, Immunisation Protects

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Claudine Potocka

Claudine Potocka
CLAUDINE POTOCKA (nee Dzalynska) Polish patriot who devoted herself to the Polish emigres in Switzerland, and the cause of Polish national- -ism but died young (illness) Date: 1802 - 1836

Background imageIllness Collection: Advertisement for Sun Fire Insurance

Advertisement for Sun Fire Insurance
An advertisement for the Sun Fire Office, Threadneedle Street, London, offering insurance against fire damage and other calamities in its 204th year of operation. Date: 1913

Background imageIllness Collection: ALASKA PIONEER WOMAN

ALASKA PIONEER WOMAN
A modern Pioneer woman, a kind of American District Nurse, who looks after kids whose parents are working, tests simple illness and gives advice about kids, Alaska, USA Date: 1930s

Background imageIllness Collection: Little girl looking after a sick baby

Little girl looking after a sick baby
A little girl looking after her sick baby brother. She has given him some medicine and now hes asleep in his cradle. She hopes that when he wakes up he will be better again. 1897

Background imageIllness Collection: Tuberculosis Sufferers - Davos, Switzerland

Tuberculosis Sufferers - Davos, Switzerland
Tuberculosis Sufferers getting a real blast of cold fresh air at Davos, Switzerland. Date: circa 1906

Background imageIllness Collection: The Honeymoon - Seasick Couple

The Honeymoon - Seasick Couple
The Honeymoon. A seasick Couple, regretting opting for a cruise to Norway rather than a pleasant two weeks in Bangor. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIllness Collection: A seasick Cockney Yachtsman

A seasick Cockney Yachtsman
The Cockney yachstman on being informed that land will be reached in about four hours! circa 1910s

Background imageIllness Collection: District Asylum, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

District Asylum, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
A view of the District Lunatic Asylum at Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

Background imageIllness Collection: Hospital shelters at South Wharf, Rotherhithe, London

Hospital shelters at South Wharf, Rotherhithe, London
View of hospital shelters at South Wharf, Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, south east London, where smallpox patients waited before being transported down the Thames to hospital ships moored at Long

Background imageIllness Collection: Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross

Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross
Scene inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross. Along with two other river ambulances it was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

Background imageIllness Collection: River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese Cross

River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese Cross
View of the river ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross and Maltese Cross. They were operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

Background imageIllness Collection: RAF cadet with medical officer

RAF cadet with medical officer
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two with a medical officer about to administer a rather large injection

Background imageIllness Collection: Gymnasium, Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent

Gymnasium, Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent
The gymnasium and physiotherapy department at Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent. A wide range of equipment includes an exercise bicycle, a ships wheel, and part of a bus

Background imageIllness Collection: Consumption cases, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk

Consumption cases, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Consumption (tuberculosis) cases lying out on a balcony at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Background imageIllness Collection: Pierrots at Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire

Pierrots at Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire
The Blackwites pierrot troupe at the Langho Colony in 1925. The colony, at Langho in Ribblesdale, Lancashire, was set up in 1906 by the Chorlton

Background imageIllness Collection: The Park Hospital, Hither Green, London

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

Background imageIllness Collection: Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary

Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Background imageIllness Collection: Prince George (Duke of Kent) and Prince John

Prince George (Duke of Kent) and Prince John
Prince George, later Duke of Kent (1902-1942) and Prince John (1905-1919), two of the sons of the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King George V and Queen Mary

Background imageIllness Collection: Lourdes - Pilgrims Shelter

Lourdes - Pilgrims Shelter
Lourdes, France - the interior of the pilgrims shelter. Believers line the interior of the building, seated in bath chairs

Background imageIllness Collection: Leavesden Asylum, Hertfordshire

Leavesden Asylum, Hertfordshire
Male attendants in a ward at the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Leavesden near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire. The Asylum, with its twin at Caterham

Background imageIllness Collection: Joseph Chamberlain at Cannes, France

Joseph Chamberlain at Cannes, France
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), Liberal politician, with his wife Mary at Cannes, France. He was convalescing following a stroke, and is seen here in a bath chair

Background imageIllness Collection: Central London Sick Asylum, Colindale, Hendon, London

Central London Sick Asylum, Colindale, Hendon, London
Distant view of the Central London District Sick Asylum at Colindale, Hendon, North London, opened in 1900 for infectious cases from poor law authorities in central London

Background imageIllness Collection: Dr Barnardos Homes Hospital, Stepney Causeway, London

Dr Barnardos Homes Hospital, Stepney Causeway, London
Patients and nurses in the hospital at the Dr Barnardos home for boys opened in 1870 at 18-26 Stepney Causeway, East London

Background imageIllness Collection: Panic in a railway carriage

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



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