Illness Collection (#9)

Men on the street, 1920-1930. Creator: Patrick Kroon
Men on the street, 1920-1930. Two gloomy men in top hats on the street in conversation with a priest. Sketch for a political cartoon

Minister and a priest, 1920-1930. Creator: Patrick Kroon
Minister and a priest, 1920-1930. A smiling politician and a gloomy priest. Sketch for a political cartoon

View of Bethlem Royal Hospital in London, 1747. Creator: Thomas Bowles
View of Bethlem Royal Hospital in London, 1747. L'Hospital de Fou, (mad hospital). Founded in 1247, Bethlem, or Bedlam

Asylum for the Temporary Reception of Insane Soldiers, at Fort Pitt, Chatham, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Asylum for the Temporary Reception of Insane Soldiers, at Fort Pitt, Chatham, 1857. Patients labouring under insanity...are temporarily received, and, after a short but strict observation

The Anemic Lady, 1660-1678. Creator: Samuel van Hoogstraten
The Anemic Lady, 1660-1678

View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague... 1720-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague in 1720, 1720-1799

Insane Asylum, Columbus, O[hio], between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Insane Asylum, Columbus, O[hio], between 1900 and 1906

The Raising of Jairus Daughter, 1830-1849. Creator: Willem Hendrik Schmidt
The Raising of Jairus Daughter, 1830-1849

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Tending the Sick in Marburg, Death of St Elizabeth, inner right wing of an altarpiece made for the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht, c.1490-c.1495

The Sick Child, c.1664-c.1666. Creator: Gabriel Metsu
The Sick Child, c.1664-c.1666. A worried mother looks at her young daughter, slumped listlessly on her lap. Metsu chose an unusual subject

Visiting the Sick, c.1646-c.1649. Creator: Michiel Sweerts
Visiting the Sick, c.1646-c.1649. One of the seven Corporal Works of Mercy

Faut pas vous désoler comme ca... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Faut pas vous desoler comme ca... 19th century. Les Raisins Malades - Don't be sorry like that

Bara, Theda, Miss, portrait photograph, 1916 Nov. 11. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bara, Theda, Miss, portrait photograph, 1916 Nov. 11

Merci, je sors d'en prendre, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Merci, je sors d'en prendre, 19th century. Thank you, I go out of it

Midsummer's Eve. Sick People Asleep upon the Grave of St. Helena at Tisvilde, 1847. Creator: Jorgen Sonne
Midsummer's Eve. Sick People Asleep upon the Grave of St. Helena at Tisvilde, 1847

Watering the Cattle on a Winter's Day, 1848. Creator: Johan Thomas Lundbye
Watering the Cattle on a Winter's Day, 1848

A Wounded Danish Soldier, 1865. Creator: Elisabeth Baumann
A Wounded Danish Soldier, 1865

William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General, U.S.A. 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William C. Gorgas, Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 1914. Head of the Panama Canal Zone Sanitation Commission, his work on limiting the transmission of yellow fever

Indigene du Congo atteint de la maladie du sommeil; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Indigene du Congo atteint de la maladie du sommeil; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Paris grippé, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Paris grippe, 19th century. Paris flu

Enlèvement d'une fille de l'air, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Enlevement d'une fille de l'air, 19th century. Ballooning scene - flying woman asks to be allowed into the basket: Monsieur Godard I'm frozen...Godard

Paris enrhumé, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Paris enrhume, 19th century. Parisians with winter colds

Walter Reed Hospital Flu Ward, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Walter Reed Hospital Flu Ward, between 1910 and 1920

Caring for the Ill. Creator: Conrad Meyer
Caring for the Ill

Sketch for the Saint-Elisabeth church (3rd arrondissement of Paris): Martha and Mary, 1842. (Esquisse pour l'eglise Sainte-Elisabeth : Marthe et Marie)

Esquisse pour Notre-Dame de Paris : Jésus-Christ guérissant les malades, between 1828 and 1835
Esquisse pour Notre-Dame de Paris : Jesus-Christ guerissant les malades, between 1828 and 1835. Christ healing the sick

Le roi Lear et son fou pendant la tempête, 1836. Creator: Louis Candide Boulanger
Le roi Lear et son fou pendant la tempete, 1836. King Lear and his fool during the storm. King Lear, scene 2 of act III, the king sinks into madness. The rocky landscape echoes his torment

Ein Khindt was gestorben... c. 1503. Creator: Master of the Legend Scenes
Ein Khindt was gestorben... c. 1503

Ein Frau war lannge Zeit... c. 1503. Creator: Master of the Legend Scenes
Ein Frau war lannge Zeit... c. 1503

Ein Jungling von Friderschpach... c. 1503. Creator: Master of the Legend Scenes
Ein Jungling von Friderschpach... c. 1503

Ein fraw zu Peham Kirchen... c. 1503. Creator: Master of the Legend Scenes
Ein fraw zu Peham Kirchen... c. 1503

Ainer frawen von Stainerkirchen... c. 1503. Creator: Master of the Legend Scenes
Ainer frawen von Stainerkirchen... c. 1503

Ein frau aus Marhern... c. 1503. Creator: Master of the Legend Scenes
Ein frau aus Marhern... c. 1503

"Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor", By S. Baring Gould, M. A.; "She was quieter, lying with eye's closed, murmuring the words that Uncle Sol played in the room below ", 1890

La Religieuse malade, c.1830. Creator: Francois-Marius Granet
La Religieuse malade, c.1830. Sick nun. The sick woman holds a rosary, while a little girl offers a cup on a tray. On the floor are balls of wool, a sewing basket and a teapot

La Religieuse malade, c.1830. Creator: Francois-Marius Granet
La Religieuse malade, c.1830. Sick nun, detail. The sick woman holds a rosary, while a little girl offers a cup on a tray

The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Schachnar Ward -- The Morning Round, 18 Creator: Unknown
The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Schachnar Ward -- The Morning Round, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, Creator: Unknown
The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

"How Lisa Loved The King"; "Lisa, the only child of a rich merchant of Palermo, 1890. Creator: Unknown
How Lisa Loved The King"; "Lisa, the only child of a rich merchant of Palermo, having fallen ill through love of King Pietro of Sicily, asks his favourite musician, to come and sing to her

Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Compassion de l'église Saint-Roch : "La Vierge... before 1870
Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Compassion de l'eglise Saint-Roch : "La Vierge consolatrice", before 1870. The Virgin of Consolation. The afflicted pray to the Virgin

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Louis- d'Antin : Saint Louis malade visitant les soldat
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Louis- d'Antin : Saint Louis malade visitant les soldats atteints de la peste, before 1822. St Louis visiting soldiers with the plague, priest holding a crucifix

Esquisse pour le déambulatoire de la chapelle de la Vierge de l'église Saint-Roch: "Jésus
Esquisse pour le deambulatoire de la chapelle de la Vierge de l'eglise Saint-Roch : "Jesus ressuscitant la fille de Jaire", c.1817. Jesus heals the daughter of Jairus

Portrait of a sick man (P. René?), c1895. Creator: Henry Bataille
Portrait of a sick man (P. Rene?), c1895

The Christianity of the Head of the Greek Church, 1854. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Christianity of the Head of the Greek Church, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The New Barrack-Hospital, at Scutari, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The New Barrack-Hospital, at Scutari, 1854. Crimean War. Letter to the British government from one of Florence Nightingale's nurses asking for supplies: [I] ask you at once to send us wine

Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1890 - 1907. Creator: Edward Penfield
Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1890 - 1907. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Portrait of a man on his deathbed, formerly known as Armand Carrel, c1840. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a man on his deathbed, formerly known as Armand Carrel, c1840

The New Marlborough Barracks, Dublin, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The New Marlborough Barracks, Dublin; Where Prince George of Wales at the time when he is considered to have contracted the Typhoid Fever, 1891. From "The Graphic

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"From Death's Grasp to Healing Hands: A Journey through Illness" In the somber painting "Young Woman on her Death Bed, 1621, " we witness the haunting portrayal of a life consumed by illness. The artist captures the fragility and despair that often accompany such afflictions. Contrasting this scene is the powerful image of "Jesus Healing The Sick. " Here, hope radiates as divine intervention brings relief to those suffering from various ailments. It serves as a reminder that even in our darkest moments, there is potential for healing and restoration. Moving forward in time, we find ourselves at Shotley Bridge General Hospital in County Durham. This institution stands as a testament to humanity's ongoing battle against sickness. Its walls have witnessed countless stories of resilience and recovery. An intriguing glimpse into history comes from an 1866 cartoon titled "Deaths Dispensary, " highlighting water pollution as a source of disease. It reminds us that throughout centuries, environmental factors have played a significant role in spreading illnesses and shaping public health policies. Delving deeper into medical science, we encounter gastrointestinal nematodes - microscopic parasites wreaking havoc within our bodies. These tiny organisms serve as a stark reminder of how diseases can manifest themselves unseen until it's too late. Returning to visual commentary with another depiction of "Deaths Dispensary, " this time through a thought-provoking cartoon from 1866 addressing pollution-related diseases head-on. Such illustrations aimed to raise awareness about public health concerns during an era when industrialization posed new threats to communities' well-being. Whipps Cross Hospital in Essex emerges as yet another battleground against illness. Within its halls, dedicated healthcare professionals tirelessly work towards alleviating suffering and restoring vitality to their patients' lives. History whispers tales of London's struggle during the Great Plague of 1665; depicted vividly in contemporary woodcuts pleading for mercy upon the city.