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Skeleton of Death taunting a Physician to save a sick old man. A phial of urine in the the skeletons bony hand. Physician, heal thyself
Scenes from childlifeThe Sick Dog. Postcard illustration of two children with pet dog. Series 798/1. Artist: Susan Beatrice Pearse Date: 1907
A Good Turn - Get Well SoonA little girl reads a book with an invalid friend who is recuperating in bed. Date: c. 1930
Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Male TrainingA male training workshop at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental conditions
West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, LeytonstoneEntrance to the West Ham Union Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex. The infirmary, better known as Whipps Cross Hospital
Emigration - Sailing down the St Laurence at 100 degrees. 19th century
Christmas tree at Great Ormond Street Hospital 1896Nurses and sick Victorian children gathered around the enormous Chritmas tree at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. 1895
The sick deck of the Belleisle hospital ship in Faro Sound. The ship could accommodate 164 patients Date: 1855
Passengers feeling poorly as the Channel boat pitches... Date: 1897
The sick in Bath chairs by the Basilica, Lourdes, FranceThe White Train at Lourdes, France. The very sick in wheelchairs and Bath Chairs in the Square before the Basilica. Date: circa 1910s
History of Medicine. Modern Age. Carity Hospital. Engraving. 17th century
LOUISE MARILLAC LEGRASLOUISE DE MARILLAC LEGRAS French religious, founder and first superior of the Compagnie des filles de la charite, who care for the poor and the sick. Date: 1591 - 1662
CHILD AND SICK PUPA small girl nurses her sick puppy. Date: circa 1890
FRENCH SICK VISITORSTwo fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity Date: 1854
MY FIRST SMOKE (2 OF 2)A young man has his first smoke from a pipe, but feels rather unwell as a result (2 of 2). Date: 1882
NURSE & SOLDIER PATIENT NURSE & SOLDIER PATIENTA sick soldier is tended to by a nurse Date: Late nineteenth century
PATIENT AND NURSE / 1880A sick looking patient and her nurse, Spain Date: 1880
SICK CHILD & GIRL NURSE SICK CHILD & GIRL NURSEA sick child is offered some sustenance from a girl acting as nurse
SLOCUMS VISITORAmerican circumnavigator Joshua Slocum, lying sick in the cabin of the Spray, is protected by the pilot of the Pinta, one of Columbuss ships. Date: 26 July 1895
SERVANT OF THE SICKBrother of the SERVANTS OF THE SICK Date: 1848
A BEDROOM, 15TH CENTURYScene in a bedroom - an old man lies sick, his wife reads a devotional book, a servant waits on them Date: 1470
Jesus as a healerJesus depicted as a healer
Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situationOur Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situation... A kiss before disaster. Date: circa 1910s
Boy with nurse, Jaipur, IndiaA nurse cares for a sick boy in a hospital ward, Jaipur, India Date: 1987
Hospital ward, Jaipur, IndiaA sick young man lies on a naked bed in a Jaipur hospital, India Date: 1987
Awaiting Individual Blessing of a Bishop at Lourdes, FranceThe White Train at Lourdes. The Sick gather on the forecourt of the Basilica await the Individual Blessing of a Bishop. Date: circa 1910
Representation of a trepanation in Ancient Egypt. Painting
The final stages of yellow feverPortrait of a young man in the final stages of yellow fever. His face is flushed and there is blood coming from his mouth and on the bedclothes
The tongue of a yellow fever suffererThe tongue as it appears in the various stages of yellow fever. From: Observations sur la fievre jaune, faites a Cadix, en 1819 Date: 1820
Sick man with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Comic postcard, Drunken man in the street, hanging onto a belisha beacon, seeing triple and feeling ill Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Sea sickness on board ship Date: 20th century
Entrance to Luna Park in Heliopolis, CairoEntrance to Luna Park in Heliopolis, a suburb north-east of central Cairo. The Cairo Luna Park was an amusement park opened to the public in 1911 and a popular tourist attraction
History of medicine. Parturient. Painting. 15th century. Florence. Italy
Jesus healing the sick. Engraving. ColoredNew Testament. Jesus healing the sick. Gospel of Matthew, Chapter IV, Verses 23-25. Drawing by Gustave Dore. Engraving by Bertrand. 19th century. Colored
Easter. Jesus went to the pool of Bethesda (Jerusalem) where there were many sick. An angel stirred the water and the first to be launched, was healing. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin
Johannes Hadlaub, Swiss poet. Codex Manesse (ca. 1300)Johannes Hadlaub, Swiss poet. Below: the poet disguised as a pilgrim after a woman who is entering the church. Top: the lady consoles the poet who is unwell
Enfermedades de los ojos (Eye diseases). Engraving illustrating major eye diseases: stye, conjunctivitis, squint, pterygium, keratitis. Engraving
Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy, a charitable institution dating back to the Middle Ages. Seen here transporting a sick man. Masks are worn to preserve anonymity
If Germany Wins -- the Kaisers sons, WW1A rather sickening and defeatist (or perhaps tongue-in-cheek) item, suggesting what might happen if Germany wins the First World War
Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham
Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham - Doctors ResidenceUniformed nurses stand next to the doctors residence at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham. Opened in 1877
County Poor House, Burlington, Iowa, USAThe county poor house at Burlington, Iowa, USA. The poor house was a welfare establishment providing accommodation for the destitute, particularly the elderly and chronic sick
Brook War Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east LondonThe main entrance of the Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London, in its First World War guise as the Brook Military Hospital
Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North LondonAerial view of Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North London. The hospital was originally the Central London District Sick Asylum
Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, Bow, East LondonThe Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum was opened in 1871 at Devons Road in Bow, next to the Stepney workhouse, East London. Despite its name
Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di FirenzeLa Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze - a charitable Fraternity from Florence, Italy, serving to transport the sick
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