Infectious Diseases Collection (#3)

Germs broadcast by sneezing and coughing (litho)
7201418 Germs broadcast by sneezing and coughing (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Germs broadcast by sneezing and coughing)

THE HUNCHBACK, 1881 (oil on canvas)
7215290 THE HUNCHBACK, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info)

Girl reading in bed (chromolitho)
7157088 Girl reading in bed (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl reading in bed)

Jesus Christ healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda (engraving)
7149691 Jesus Christ healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus Christ healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda)

Jesus Christ healing ten lepers (engraving)
7172459 Jesus Christ healing ten lepers (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus Christ healing ten lepers (Luke 17)

"Dickon came in smiling his nicest wide smile"from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
7214629 " Dickon came in smiling his nicest wide smile" from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), 1911 by Kirk

MODEST MUSSORGSKY, 1881 (oil on canvas)
7215332 MODEST MUSSORGSKY, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info)

SURGEON EVGUENY PAVLOV IN THE OPERATING ROOM, 1888 (oil on cardboard)
7215322 SURGEON EVGUENY PAVLOV IN THE OPERATING ROOM, 1888 (oil on cardboard) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Christ restoring Jairuss daughter to life (colour litho)
7153797 Christ restoring Jairuss daughter to life (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ restoring Jairuss daughter to life)

Woman reading booklet with advice for her sick child (litho)
7201417 Woman reading booklet with advice for her sick child (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman reading booklet with advice for her sick child)

Man receiving a diagnosis of syphilis (colour litho)
7186233 Man receiving a diagnosis of syphilis (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man receiving a diagnosis of syphilis)

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sending Tokens of Goodwill to the sick Cardinal (engraving)
7179048 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sending Tokens of Goodwill to the sick Cardinal (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Aesops Fables: The Sick Lion, the Fox and the Wolf (chromolitho)
7157059 Aesops Fables: The Sick Lion, the Fox and the Wolf (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aesops Fables: The Sick Lion, the Fox and the Wolf)

Deposition, 1507. Oil on Panel
7224995 Deposition, 1507. Oil on Panel. by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Deposition, 1507. Oil on Panel)

Deposition, 1507. Oil on Panel
7224994 Deposition, 1507. Oil on Panel. by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Deposition, 1507. Oil on Panel)

Un tableau de famille (engraving)
7200026 Un tableau de famille (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un tableau de famille)

Sick little girl being cared for in hospital (coloured engraving)
7147444 Sick little girl being cared for in hospital (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sick little girl being cared for in hospital)

Parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar (engraving)
7172457 Parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar (Luke 16)

Harrogate, The Great Northern Spa and Health Resort, c 1900 (b / w photo)
7172075 Harrogate, The Great Northern Spa and Health Resort, c 1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harrogate)

India: Puranic Gods, Avatars of Vishnu (engraving)
7152683 India: Puranic Gods, Avatars of Vishnu (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Puranic Gods, Avatars of Vishnu)

Chef sneezing into the soup (colour litho)
7151051 Chef sneezing into the soup (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Cushmans Menthol Inhaler, advertisement (chromolitho)
7154221 Cushmans Menthol Inhaler, advertisement (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cushmans Menthol Inhaler)

Charless Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb, The Smallest Man Alive (b / w photo)
3656544 Charless Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb, The Smallest Man Alive (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charless Stratton)

Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe
3756193 Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); (add.info.: Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)

Dwarf girl from the neighbourhood of Mount Pisgah in Undussuma (engraving)
3655656 Dwarf girl from the neighbourhood of Mount Pisgah in Undussuma (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A little black dwarf was seen making his way through the midst of the blue light (litho)
3655534 A little black dwarf was seen making his way through the midst of the blue light (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info)

The little black dwarf walked round (litho)
3655526 The little black dwarf walked round (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The little black dwarf walked round)

Washington Irvings short
3772993 Washington Irvings short by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); (add.info.: Washington Irvings short story Rip van Winkle -Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1904)

Midget (colour litho)
5198407 Midget (colour litho) by Garnier, Jules Arsene (1847-89) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Midget. Illustration for Les Jeux Du Cirque et La Vie Foraine by Hugues Le Roux (Plon)

German tenor Max Alvary as Siegfried in Richard Wagners opera Die Walkure at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
6014117 German tenor Max Alvary as Siegfried in Richard Wagners opera Die Walkure at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (litho) by Birkenruth

German tenor Julius Lieban as Mime in Richard Wagners opera Siegfried (litho)
6014111 German tenor Julius Lieban as Mime in Richard Wagners opera Siegfried (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Black Kitchen of Death (colour litho)
6000143 The Black Kitchen of Death (colour litho) by Seitz, Otto (1846-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Black Kitchen of Death)

Wedding photograph of Charles Sherwood Stratton, American entertainer known as General Tom Thumb, and his wife
6030644 Wedding photograph of Charles Sherwood Stratton, American entertainer known as General Tom Thumb, and his wife, Lavinia Warren

Mediaeval Pastime--Minstrels, Jugglers, and Dwarf (engraving)
655723 Mediaeval Pastime--Minstrels, Jugglers, and Dwarf (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mediaeval Pastime--Minstrels, Jugglers, and Dwarf)

Advertisement for Izal antiseptic (litho)
979326 Advertisement for Izal antiseptic (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Izal antiseptic)

Soldier and midget
LLM457916 Soldier and midget by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soldier and midget. Victorian scrap.); © Look and Learn

Ticket to visit Miss Millie Chrisine, the two-headed nightingale (engraving)
608643 Ticket to visit Miss Millie Chrisine, the two-headed nightingale (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket to visit Miss Millie Chrisine)

Advert for an appearance of Don Francisco Hidalgo (engraving)
608622 Advert for an appearance of Don Francisco Hidalgo (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advert for an appearance of Don Francisco Hidalgo)

The pigmies of Piccadilly: Lucia Zarath and General Mite with the exhibitor (engraving)
608609 The pigmies of Piccadilly: Lucia Zarath and General Mite with the exhibitor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The pigmies of Piccadilly)

Saint Pauls converted into a Pest House (engraving)
725517 Saint Pauls converted into a Pest House (engraving) by Franklin, John (c.1800-c.1868); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Pauls converted into a Pest House)

The Dwarf and the Gemstone (chromolitho)
734919 The Dwarf and the Gemstone (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dwarf and the Gemstone)

Snow White and Rose Red Brush Snow from the Bear (chromolitho)
734914 Snow White and Rose Red Brush Snow from the Bear (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snow White and Rose Red Brush Snow from the Bear)

Then the dwarfs held it out to her (colour litho)
2813702 Then the dwarfs held it out to her (colour litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Then the dwarfs held it out to her)

In the Popes Anteroom, The Medici, After Visiting Leo XIII, Destroy Every Last Hopes (Colour Litho)
2798685 In the Popes Anteroom, The Medici, After Visiting Leo XIII, Destroy Every Last Hopes (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Popes Anteroom)

The Last Moments Of Maestro Verdi In His Room, At Hotel Milan (Colour Litho)
2798398 The Last Moments Of Maestro Verdi In His Room, At Hotel Milan (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Last Moments Of Maestro Verdi In His Room)

Jeffrey Hudson, English court dwarf and jester at the court of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria (chromolitho)
2788778 Jeffrey Hudson, English court dwarf and jester at the court of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria (chromolitho) by European School

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"Infectious Diseases: A Historical Perspective" Procession commemorating the town of Pont-l'Abbe delivered from the plague in the year 1632 - ex-voto of Sainte-Anne d'Auray: A solemn procession celebrates the triumph over a devastating plague, reminding us of humanity's resilience and ability to overcome infectious diseases throughout history. Two men at the bedside of an old man in a garret, 18th century (1791 engraving): In times when medical knowledge was limited, witnessing loved ones suffer from contagious illnesses like never before sparked both fear and compassion among those who cared for them. Victims of famine and typhus in China caused by long drought, an old man and a child from the countryside (Illustration taken from "Le petit journal illustre" on 10/04/1920): The combination of natural disasters and infectious diseases has plagued societies for centuries, leaving vulnerable populations devastated by hunger and illness. Black Death: slaughter of Jews, 1348 (illustration from "Histoire-populaire-de-France" by Charles Lahure, 1866 hand-coloured engraving): During one of history's deadliest pandemics, scapegoating marginalized communities only exacerbated suffering instead of addressing the root causes or finding effective solutions against infectious diseases. View of the manner of burying dead bodies at Holy-well mount during the dreadful Plague in 1665 (engraving): Witnessing mass burials during outbreaks serves as a haunting reminder that they have not only claimed countless lives but also disrupted societal norms and rituals surrounding death. Rabbit corpses killed by chicken cholera microbe - Experience of Mme widow Pommery in Champagne: Scientific experiments have played a crucial role in understanding how certain microbes cause deadly infections; these discoveries paved the way for advancements in preventing and treating infectious diseases. The Triumph of Death.