Sick Collection (#59)

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

The Park Hospital, Hither Green, London
Kitchens of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. Uniformed staff cook food on a large range. The only man present operates a large mincing machine

Life on board a man-of-war
Life in the British navy on board a man-of-war. 1. Playing up the colours, 8am; 2. A Corrobborie in the gun room on Saturday night; 3. Taking up the slops; 4

Lourdes - Recitation of the rosary at the Grotto

Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London
A view of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. The Park was one of the fever hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board between 1870

South Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, South London
A porter at the entrance to the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell, South London. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients

Leavesden Asylum, Hertfordshire
Male attendants in a ward at the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Leavesden near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire. The Asylum, with its twin at Caterham

Central London Sick Asylum, Colindale, Hendon, London
Distant view of the Central London District Sick Asylum at Colindale, Hendon, North London, opened in 1900 for infectious cases from poor law authorities in central London

Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London
A distant view of the Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London. The Brook was one of the fever hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board between 1870

Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice

A hospice for sick children
A group of nurses weigh the sickly children at a French hospice

Sea Legs; Twixt Calais And Dover
Two ladies sat on board a ship travelling from Calais and Dover. The weather is stormy causing a rough, uncomfortable journey and causing a saucy exposure of beautiful leg

Sick of the Property Tax or ministerial influenza

Sledge party leaving an invalid in an ice cave, British Arct
Engraving showing a sledging party leaving an invalid, and a carer, in an ice cave; then heading back to base to fetch help, British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876

British Financial Crisis
France agrees to help with Britain financial crisis, but on her own terms. Britain was forced to abandon the Gold Standard in 1931

Embarking Sick, Balaklava
Embarking the sick at Balaklava

Astrid and the Sick
Astrid visiting the sick

Animals Sick of Plague
THE PLAGUE AMONG THE BEASTS The donkey, whose sin is no more than to eat grass, is sacrificed by the other animals to relieve them of the plague that scourges them

The Lion, Wolf and Fox
THE SICK LION, THE FOX & THE WOLF: the animals pay the lion respects, except the fox; slandered by the wolf, the fox tells the lion his cure lies in the flaying of the wolf

Fable / Lion, Wolf & Fox
THE LION, THE WOLF AND THE FOX: An old lion, wishing to find a cure, summons his animals. The wolf slanders the fox, but finds he comes off worst in the end

The Sick Lion & the Fox
THE SICK LION AND THE FOX The king of beasts, sick in his cave, commands that all animals must visit; he promises safety but the fox stays away knowing otherwise

Dr. Livingstone being carried during his last exploration, M
Engraving showing the sick Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and explorer, being carried during the last days of his life

The London Office of the Society for the relief of the sick
A sketch of volunteers sorting and packing linen bandages for the sick

Giacomo Bove
GIACOMO BOVE Italian explorer, sailed to the Antarctic with Nordenskjold, fell sick in Africa and took his own life while ill

Frogs as Humans (1 of 5)
A sick frog recovers to smoke his pipe again!

Visiting Time 1893
Visiting time on the childrens ward; a father sits by his daughters bed

Girl with Sick Puppy
A young girl sits on the step of her house, nursing a sick puppy

Scene below Decks
Misery below decks : a few passengers are able to enjoy their meal but most are unhappy and some are literally sea-sick

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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.