Sick Collection (#58)

Ballad / Lord Randal
LORD RANDAL O yes, I am poisoned, mother, make my bed soon, for I m sick at the heart, and I fain wald lie down (His true love gave him eels boiled in broth.) Date: traditional

Sick Girl in Bed
A sick girl in bed drinks a bowl of hot broth with a marked lack of enthusiasm Date: circa 1900

Dunnock (Prunella modularis) immature, with diseased skin around eye, standing on grass, Norfolk, England, august

Domestic Sheep, ewe, investigating European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) infected with Myxomatosis, Whitewell, Lancashire, England, april

Great Tit (Parus major) adult, with tumor growth on head, perched on blackthorn twig with berries, Warwickshire, England, october

Hot drink, thermogram

Vomiting reflex. Computer artwork of the vomiting reflex. The reflex starts when a message is sent to the vomiting centre of the brainstem (at base of brain, blue)

Neonatal infant, X-ray
Neonatal infant. Coloured X-ray of a one month old baby. The babys spine (down centre), heart (pink, upper centre) and ribs (upper left and right) are seen. Various life support devices are visible

Sick young girl is fed a spoon of medicine

Feverish children
MODEL RELEASED. Feverish children. Four-year-old girl (foreground) and her five-year-old brother sit in bed recovering from a fever

Measuring temperature
MODEL RELEASED. Taking temperature. Woman looking at a mercury thermometer that she has used to take her body temperature

Taking babys temperature
MODEL RELEASED. Taking babys temperature. Strip thermometer being used to measure the temperature of an 8 month old baby boy while he sleeps

Boy taking medicine
MODEL RELEASED. Boy being given medicine by an adult. He is eighteen months old

Girl feeling sick
MODEL RELEASED. Girl feeling sick. She is eight years old

Nausea
MODEL RELEASED. Nausea. Unwell woman resting

Coping with illness, conceptual artwork

Woman holding her abdomen in pain
MODEL RELEASED. Woman in pain. This may be due to indigestion, stomach ache or menstrual cramps

Woman doubled over in pain
MODEL RELEASED. Woman doubled over in pain. Multiple exposures show her rocking back and forth. This may be due to indigestion, stomach ache or menstrual cramps

Woman coughing
MODEL RELEASED. Woman coughing

Stressed culture cell, SEM

Temperature measurement
MODEL RELEASED. Temperature measurement. Mother using a digital thermometer to measure her baby sons temperature

Girl coughing
MODEL RELEASED. Girl coughing. She is eight years old

Feverish child
MODEL RELEASED. Feverish child. Four-year-old girl holding her head. She is in bed with a fever. Fever, known as pyrexia, is defined as a body temperature above 37 Celsius (98.6 Fahrenheit)

Temperature reading
MODEL RELEASED. Temperature reading. Young girl having her temperature taken by a doctor

Hayfever
MODEL RELEASED. Hayfever. Boy blowing his nose. He is six years old

General practice waiting room
MODEL RELEASED. General practice waiting room filled with patients

Electric incubator, 19th century
Electric incubator. Caricature of a man being kept alive in an electric incubator. This refers to the incubator designed and built by a French medical engineer named Sulfatin

Pharmacy scenes, 16th century
Pharmacy scenes. 16th-century artwork of physicians, students and various patients being treated with pharmaceutical products

Child patient, Uganda
MODEL RELEASED. Child patient lying in a hospital bed, with a visitor keeping vigil. Photographed at St. Marys Hospital in Lacor, Gulu, Uganda

Leaf chlorophyll deficiency. Healthy leaf (left) and a leaf suffering from chlorosis (right). This is a condition where lack of chlorophyll (a green pigment found in leaves)

Bleeding canker on tree bark
Bleeding canker on a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). Where this pathogen has been active, bark, cambial tissue and the phloem (sugar conducting tissue) are destroyed

Bleeding canker. Liquid exuding from the trunk of a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). This pathogen destroys bark, cambial tissue and the phloem (sugar conducting tissue)

Tar spot fungus on sycamore leaves. Leaves of a sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) tree, affected by the fungal pathogen Rhytisma acerinum, which causes a disease known as tar spot

Pneumonia infection, light micrograph
Pneumonia infection. Light micrograph of a section through lung tissue from a patient with bronchial pneumonia. Shown here is the blockage and breakdown of the air sacs

PBIB2A-00102
Sick people are laid in the streets for Jesus to make well. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PBIB2A-00101
Jesus healing the sick and the lame. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bethnal Green Military Hospital, East London
Bethnal Green Military Hospital, Cambridge Heath Road, East London. The hospital, designed by Messrs Giles, Gough and Trollope, was opened in 1900 as the Bethnal Green Union infirmary

RAF cadet with medical officer
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two with a medical officer about to administer a rather large injection

Union Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire
The Wigan Union infirmary, Upholland Road, Wigan - an unusual composite of two photographs. The infirmary, later known as Billinge Hospital

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In the somber painting "Young Woman on her Death Bed, 1621, " we witness a poignant scene of suffering and fragility. The artist's brushstrokes capture the pale complexion and hollow eyes of a young woman, whose life hangs by a thread. As she lies in Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex, surrounded by medical professionals dedicated to her care, one can only hope for a miraculous recovery. Centuries later, in Batoni's masterpiece "Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, " we find solace in the power of forgiveness and redemption. Amidst this tale of reconciliation between father and son, illness may have played its part as well. Perhaps it was an ailment that led the prodigal son astray before finding his way back home. The walls of West Ham Infirmary at Whipps Cross bear witness to countless stories etched into their bricks – tales filled with pain but also resilience. In Stobhill Hospital in Springburn or St Lawrences Hospital in Caterham, patients fought battles against sickness with unwavering determination. Even death itself is depicted through art's lens; "The Young Girl and Death" portrays an ethereal encounter between innocence and mortality around 1900. This haunting oil painting reminds us that illness does not discriminate based on age or circumstance. History intertwines with sickness too; during World War II's Teheran conference in 1943 captured in black-and-white photography, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill convened amidst global turmoil while hospitals like South Eastern Fever Hospital stood as beacons of hope for those afflicted by disease. From P. D. S. A ambulances rushing through busy streets to Great Ormond Street Hospital offering specialized care to children battling illnesses - these institutions become symbols of compassion amid adversity. Through all these snapshots from different eras - whether it be Roosevelts' era or centuries prior - one thing remains constant: our collective resilience in the face of sickness.