Influenza Collection

Oyster Catch / Whitstable
Oysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals

Gaby Deslys dancer, singer and actress 1881-1920
Gaby Deslys (Marie-Elise Gabrielle Claire) French dancer, singer and actress. Died young of a throat infection caused by Spanish influenza

Anti-Flu Masks
A man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious!

Yadil Advertisement
Advertisement promoting the use of Yadil for treatment of common colds, influenza, coughs, hay fever, sore throats, pneumonia, mumps, scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, typhoid fever

Mrs Dubosc Taylor by Madame Yevonde
The late Mrs Dubosc Taylor who died from influenza caught while on nursing duty in France at the end of the First World War

Advert for Milton against influenza 1918
Advertisement for Milton sterilising fluid, recommended for preventing and relieving influenza at a time when Spanish flu was rapidly spreading across the world. 1918

Advert for Coca-tonic, Champagne - nerve tonic 1897
Sold in wine merchants stores and chemist. The highest class natural champagne and coco leaf extract, the most powerful nerve tonic. 1897

Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1897
Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1897

MAN WITH THE FLU
A man (actually the arctic explorer Sir John Ross) puts his feet up over the fireplace and has a hot toddy to ward off the flu. Date: circa 1850

Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1900
Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1900

Information leaflet, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people
Information leaflet for Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Advert for Wulfings Formamint tablets 1913
Why you catch sore throats and how to cure and prevent it. Germs from a public telephone in constant use, and railway carriages are favourite breeding grounds

Lady Victoria Brady (nee Pery) (1893 - 1918), only daughter of the 4th Earl and Countess of Limerick. Lady Victoria was a keen aviator and made a number of flights with Gustav Hamel

Sofia Kovalevskaya - Russian Mathematician
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) - Russian female mathematician, and also the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Europe in 1889. Date: circa 1889

Milton influenza advertisement, 1919
Advertisement for Milton disinfectant with advice to gargle with a diluted preparation thrice daily in order to ward off the influenza epidemic raging throughout post war Britain. Date: 1919

Lady Victoria Pery, female aviation enthusiasat, WW1
A page of photographs of Lady Victoria Pery (later Brady), whose enthusiasm for aviation saw her loop the loop with Gustav Hamel at Hendon aerodrome and accompany Mr Grahame-White on flights

Hint to the Ministry of Health by Heath Robinson
A new fresh air bedroom for the prevention of flu. An outdoor bedroom designed by the ever-inventive William Heath Robinson, built (or rather)

Influenza / Fumigator / 1900
Advertisement for " Sanitas" fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections

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

Studio photograph of a British soldier in khaki uniform. Printed by The Clock Tower Studios, 1 Marine Terrace, Elephant Hill, Margate. On the reverse is written Feb 8th 1915. To Madam From 10608 Pte

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 Evans Pastilles against influenza infection 1918
Take one in time Between January 1918 to December 1920 the influenza pandemic killed millions of mainly young healthy adults

Chicken with flu

The Wales family in mourning
Alexandra, Princess of Wales with her four children, from left; Princess Maud, Alexandra, Princess Louise (standing), Prince George and Princess Victoria

Sick of the Property Tax or ministerial influenza

Medical / Inhalers / 1892
Advertisement for Clarkes " Fairy" combination lamp, an aid to the treatment of influenza and bronchitis

Influenza / Inhaler / 1892
Advertisement for Clarkes " Fairy" combination lamp, an aid to the treatment of influenza and bronchitis

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