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John Calvin on his deathbed
3329504 John Calvin on his deathbed; (add.info.: Illustration of John Calvin (1509-1564) an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation on his deathbed

Construction on the foundations of the St Louis bridge
5310129 Construction on the foundations of the St Louis bridge; (add.info.: Engraving depicting construction on the foundations of the St. Louis bridge (c 1870)

A cat wearing a muzzle, gloves and boots trying to prevent the spread of disease
5310226 A cat wearing a muzzle, gloves and boots trying to prevent the spread of disease; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a cat wearing a muzzle)

An engraving depicting the fumigation of a ship after an outbreak of Cholera in Marseilles harbour, France
5311062 An engraving depicting the fumigation of a ship after an outbreak of Cholera in Marseilles harbour, France. In the first week in July the mortality rate was 24 per day

Crossing section of fibro-nucleated tumors, 1867 (engraving)
8766909 Crossing section of fibro-nucleated tumors, 1867 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crossing section of fibro-nucleated tumors. ( Dr. Jaccoud dictionary.Vol)

Main in " The way of processing the faictes playes by hacquebutes, as by arrows, & the accidents of icelles
XEE5030952 Main in " The way of processing the faictes playes by hacquebutes, as by arrows, & the accidents of icelles, like fractures & caries of bones, gangrene & mortification

Extraction of Renal Calculations - in" Two Books of Surgery" by Ambroise Pare, 1551
XEE5030950 Extraction of Renal Calculations - in" Two Books of Surgery" by Ambroise Pare, 1551, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense Milano; (add.info)

Frontispice of the "Treat des maladies des femmes" of 1761 by Jean Astrc (1684-1766)
XEE5027672 Frontispice of the "Treat des maladies des femmes" of 1761 by Jean Astrc (1684-1766) Doctor of Medicine of the Faculty of Montpellier - Biblioteca nazionale Braidense; (add.info)

La scarlatine ou feevre ecarlate - Lithograph by John Pass, published in "Encyclopedia Londinensis" by John
FLO4618755 La scarlatine ou feevre ecarlate - Lithograph by John Pass, published in "Encyclopedia Londinensis" by John Wilkes, edition J.Adlard, London

Skin Diseases: Nodular or Hyde Prurigo and Varietes of Psoriasis - Lithography by John Pass
FLO4618824 Skin Diseases: Nodular or Hyde Prurigo and Varietes of Psoriasis - Lithography by John Pass, published in "Encyclopedia Londinensis" by John Wilkes, J.Adlard Edition, London

Ichthyosis (peeling), dyshidrosis (bullous eczema) and herpetic skin diseases -Lithography by John Pass
FLO4618812 Ichthyosis (peeling), dyshidrosis (bullous eczema) and herpetic skin diseases -Lithography by John Pass, published in "Encyclopedia Londinensis" by John Wilkes, J.Adlard edition

La Caricature Politique (1830), Satirique en Couleurs, 1831_8_4: The ministry attacks Cholera morbus - Cholera
ICA4930473 La Caricature Politique (1830), Satirique en Couleurs, 1831_8_4: The ministry attacks Cholera morbus - Cholera, Ministere

Myths and legends: Pandora too curious opens the box despite the ban and frees less demons from the box containing all
NWI4930176 Myths and legends: Pandora too curious opens the box despite the ban and frees less demons from the box containing all the ills of humanity

Jules II (1443-1513) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatiques Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais
JEB4933261 Jules II (1443-1513) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatiques Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) - (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Measles
5855402 Measles; (add.info.: Measles, Rubeola vulgaris and R. nigra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by John Pass from John Wilkes "Encyclopedia Londinensis, " J)

Purple spots and rose rash
5855400 Purple spots and rose rash; (add.info.: Skin diseases: Purple spots, Purpura simplex and P. haemorrhagica and rose rash, Exanthesis roseola)

Psoriasis
5855396 Psoriasis; (add.info.: Skin diseases: Prurigo nodularis and Psoriasis varieties. (Lepriasis is an obsolete term for psoriasis and leprosy)

Alexei Nikolaevich son of Nicholas II of Russia (b/w photo)
5669370 Alexei Nikolaevich son of Nicholas II of Russia (b/w photo); Universal History Archive/UIG

Death arriving on his white horse as described in the book of revelations. Reproduction of a painting by Benjamin West
NWI4960410 Death arriving on his white horse as described in the book of revelations. Reproduction of a painting by Benjamin West.; (add.info)

The devouement of the eveque of Marseille, Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce Castelmoron (1671-1755), Jesuite
NWI4953651 The devouement of the eveque of Marseille, Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce Castelmoron (1671-1755), Jesuite, during the plague of Marseille in 1720-1721

A sister of Saint John holding a baby hospitalizes, Germany around 1890. Colour engraving 19th century
NWI4953592 A sister of Saint John holding a baby hospitalizes, Germany around 1890. Colour engraving 19th century.; (add.info.: A sister of Saint John holding a baby hospitalizes)

A nurse holding a sick child in her arms at Children's Hospital in London. The years 1880
NWI4953530 A nurse holding a sick child in her arms at Children's Hospital in London. The years 1880. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

Coupeau a une crise de delirium tremens a l'hospitital sainte anne a Paris Illustration de "
ELD4953459 Coupeau a une crise de delirium tremens a l'hospitital sainte anne a Paris Illustration de " L'asommoir" by Emile Zola 1884; Private Collection; (add.info)

First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846
NWI4952554 First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Perigueux, Dordogne (24), Aquitaine, France, A man discusses with a dwarf, 1870
LUX4733185 Perigueux, Dordogne (24), Aquitaine, France, A man discusses with a dwarf, 1870; (add.info.: Perigueux, Dordogne (24), Aquitaine, France, A man discusses with a dwarf

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Berck: A sick child in a cart pulls by a donkey on the beach, 1900
LUX4768806 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62), Berck: A sick child in a cart pulls by a donkey on the beach, 1900; (add.info.: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais (62)

The meal of the sick old man: a nun attends an old man. Painting by Marius Barthalot (1861-1933), 19th century
JEB4901742 The meal of the sick old man: a nun attends an old man. Painting by Marius Barthalot (1861-1933), 19th century

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers
LUX4809493 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers with its caregivers, 1903; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire)

Death of Emperor Joseph I (1678-1711) Victim of a Small Verola Epidemic, 1711 (Death of Joseph I)
ELD4922270 Death of Emperor Joseph I (1678-1711) Victim of a Small Verola Epidemic, 1711 (Death of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor during the smallpox epidemic of 1711)

Romanesque art: Polychrome wood sculpture and doree of Saint Roch dating from the 14th century. Boss of reapers
JEB4922773 Romanesque art: Polychrome wood sculpture and doree of Saint Roch dating from the 14th century. Boss of reapers. Neuilly-en-Dun (Neuilly en Dun), Cher, Centre, France

Germany, vaccination certificate for Hans Peter Jessen, 2 years old, the vaccination was 9. 5
UTD4917617 Germany, vaccination certificate for Hans Peter Jessen, 2 years old, the vaccination was 9. 5. 1840, against smallpox, the document is from 16. 5

Germany, vaccination certificate for Anna Christine Harmsen, 1 1/2 years old, the vaccination is from the 25. 8
UTD4917540 Germany, vaccination certificate for Anna Christine Harmsen, 1 1/2 years old, the vaccination is from the 25. 8. 1831 against smallpox, the document is from 10. 11

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital, photograph of malformation in the sick, 1901
LUX4788408 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital, photograph of malformation in the sick, 1901; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital, photograph of malformation in the sick, 1901
LUX4788365 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital, photograph of malformation in the sick, 1901; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Necker hospital

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: medical cliches of the hospital of Angers
LUX4790153 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: medical cliches of the hospital of Angers, muscular tumour of the shoulder, 1903; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): hospital, a boss and his whole team in professional pose: supervisor, nurses
LUX4786711 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): hospital, a boss and his whole team in professional pose: supervisor, nurses

Duties of the child at school: Duties towards our comrades. Sick schoolboy brought home by two good comrades
DUV4212837 Duties of the child at school: Duties towards our comrades. Sick schoolboy brought home by two good comrades. Engraving in " The unique book of morality and civic instruction

Asthma. Engraving from " Les Grands Ales et les Grands Remedes" by Jules Rengade, 1889
PCT4274721 Asthma. Engraving from " Les Grands Ales et les Grands Remedes" by Jules Rengade, 1889.; (add.info.: Asthma)

Daughter and ailing mother, 1882
3479880 Daughter and ailing mother, 1882; (add.info.: Daughter and ailing mother. The daughter decides to refuse an offer of marriage to nurse her mother.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A martyr to gout adding to his affliction, 1850
3478294 A martyr to gout adding to his affliction, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a martyr to gout adding to his affliction. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

History. Czech Republic (Bohemia). The Hussite leader Jan Zizka die of the plague at Pribyslav (October 11, 1424)
2636290 History. Czech Republic (Bohemia). The Hussite leader Jan Zizka die of the plague at Pribyslav (October 11, 1424)

Charles James Blasius Williams
3585970 Charles James Blasius Williams; (add.info.: Portrait of Charles James Blasius Williams (1805-1889) an English physician. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A mother and daughter receiving news of husband's/father's grave illness, 1850
3478223 A mother and daughter receiving news of husband's/father's grave illness, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a mother)

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1820
1576977 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1820; (add.info.: Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (9 June 1783 - 21 October 1862)

Illustration of a man with a deformed foot and crude crutches
1578330 Illustration of a man with a deformed foot and crude crutches; (add.info.: Illustration of a man with a deformed foot and crude crutches. Dated 14th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London c1800
536451 Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London c1800; (add.info.: Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, London c1800. Fever (isolation) hospitals for highly infectious diseases built outside cities

Epilepsy, a subject suffering from a typical Grand Mal attack in which he has bitten his tongue
527399 Epilepsy, a subject suffering from a typical Grand Mal attack in which he has bitten his tongue. In ancient times it was known as the Sacred Disease. Julius Caesar suffered epileptic seizures

Development of pustules in a man suffering from Anthrax, 19th century (engraving)
527394 Development of pustules in a man suffering from Anthrax, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Development of pustules in a man suffering from Anthrax)

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"Disease: A Historical Battle Against the Unseen Foe" In 1845, as the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on their ill-fated Arctic expedition, little did they know that disease would become their deadliest adversary. The Shotley Bridge General Hospital in County Durham witnessed countless patients afflicted by mysterious ailments brought back from distant lands. Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror valiantly led his crew through treacherous waters, but even his courage could not shield them from the invisible enemy lurking within. As depicted in a Punch cartoon, renowned scientist Faraday tried to offer his expertise to Father Thames, symbolizing society's desperate attempts to combat diseases. The battle against disease takes place at microscopic levels too. T lymphocytes engaging cancer cells under an electron microscope (SEM C001 / 1679) exemplify our ongoing fight against this relentless foe. Awareness campaigns remind us that "Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, " urging us to take precautions for public health. Medical advancements have revolutionized treatments over time. Pneumothorax treatment using X-rays has saved countless lives by effectively collapsing lung cavities caused by diseases like tuberculosis. However, these triumphs cannot overshadow the tragedies faced by Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew who succumbed to disease during their Arctic exploration. Diseases have often been personified throughout history – King Cholera presiding over a court reminds us of the devastating cholera outbreaks that plagued communities worldwide. Medical illustrations depicting appendicitis or bunions captured the urgency with which doctors sought solutions for these painful conditions. Yet perhaps one of the most feared diseases is Alzheimer's, which silently erodes memories and identities. Computer artwork visualizing an Alzheimer's brain serves as a stark reminder of its impact on individuals and families alike. As we navigate through centuries battling various diseases, it becomes evident that our fight is far from over.