Sick Collection (page 9)

Tonsillectomy. 1887 (engraving)
7147181 Tonsillectomy. 1887 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tonsillectomy.Tonsillitis peak between children age four to eight)

Christ at the Pool of Bethesda, 1780 (oil on canvas)
NGW184219 Christ at the Pool of Bethesda, 1780 (oil on canvas) by Tiepolo, Giandomenico (Giovanni Domenico) (1727-1804); 43x59.3 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Hysteria, mental and nervous disorder, arising from intense anxiety. 1887 (engraving)
7147176 Hysteria, mental and nervous disorder, arising from intense anxiety. 1887 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hysteria, mental and nervous disorder)

Louis Pasteur administered the vaccine to Joseph Meister, 1886 (engraving)
JAB4120686 Louis Pasteur administered the vaccine to Joseph Meister, 1886 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Rabies vaccine)

Headaches, melancolia and hysteria, anxiety. 1887 (engraving)
7147179 Headaches, melancolia and hysteria, anxiety. 1887 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Headaches, melancolia and hysteria)

Bordering hysteria. 1887 (engraving)
7147178 Bordering hysteria. 1887 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bordering hysteria)

Hysteria, an extremely mental phenomenom, psychoses and psychoneurosis.1887 (engraving)
7147177 Hysteria, an extremely mental phenomenom, psychoses and psychoneurosis.1887 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hysteria)

Portrait of the German doctor Robert Koch (1843 - 1910). He discovered the bacillus of tuberculosis
GIA4815933 Portrait of the German doctor Robert Koch (1843 - 1910). He discovered the bacillus of tuberculosis and studied cholera, malaria and sleep sickness. Nobel Prize in 1905

The Chevalier Roze unveiling the Tourette at the height of the plague, 8th century (oil on canvas)
JEB4961137 The Chevalier Roze unveiling the Tourette at the height of the plague, 8th century (oil on canvas) by Serre, Michel (1658-1753); (add.info)

A Holt of The Prisoners, 1861 (oil on canvas)
3931458 A Holt of The Prisoners, 1861 (oil on canvas) by Jacobi, Valeri Ivanovich (1834-1902); 99.7N...144.4 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The cows breast used to inoculate the smallpox vaccine by Luigi Sacco (1769-1836
GIA4788518 The cows breast used to inoculate the smallpox vaccine by Luigi Sacco (1769-1836) in January 1801. Medical plate from " Vaccination Treat" by Luigi Sacco, Milan

Comic postcard, Doctor, nurse and patient - rising temperature Date: 20th century

The woman who touched the hem of his garment, illustration from
IL281084 The woman who touched the hem of his garment, illustration from Women of the Bible, published by The Religious Tract Society, 1927 (colour litho) by Copping

Ms Fr 226 The Use of Leeches, from The Decameron
CHT176051 Ms Fr 226 The Use of Leeches, from The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Having an enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates
STC445989 Having an enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

An Enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho)
STC445957 An Enema, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries, south-west Scotland. It incorporates part of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, a business park, and Crichton University Campus

Robin Gibb (18), lead singer of chart topping pop group The Bee Gees at Regents Park Nursing Home in London 29th July 1968

Liz Recuperating on Bed: Liz, a five year old rare woolly monkey is recuperating in style two weeks ago she had a heart attack after which pneumonia set in

During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbournes Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43'C

Old man on hospital bed, Jaipur
An old man squats on his bed and snoozes in a hospital in Jaipur, India Date: 1987

Sir P. Sidney, (1554-1586), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir P. Sidney, (1554-1586), 1830. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, an aristocrat educated at Christ Church, Oxford and prominent figure of the Elizabethan age

So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, 1841. Creator: Peter Lightfoot
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, 1841. Biblical scene, from 2 Samuel 24: 15: So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed

Picture No. 12479417
Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, Date:

The Death of Mortimer. (mid 19th century). Creator: J Rogers
The Death of Mortimer. (mid 19th century). Scene from Shakespeares " Henry VI", (act II scene V). Richard Plantagenet enters a cell in the Tower of London to find Edmund Mortimer lying

Lord Byron on his death bed, pub. 1825. Creator: Robert Seymour (1798 - 1836)
Lord Byron on his death bed from The Last Days of Lord Byron by William Parry, pub. 1825 (hand coloured engraving). George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824); 6th Baron Byron

Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law, ca 1624-1625. Found in the Collection of Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Parable of the Wedding Feast. Private Collection

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Mid of the 18th century. Found in the Collection of State Open-air Museum Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg

Moses with the Ten Commandments, 1841. Found in the Collection of Musee d Art Thomas Henry, Cherbourg

Last Judgment, the Seven Works of Mercy, and the Seven Deadly Sins, c. 1490-1499. Found in the Collection of Maagdenhuismuseum, Antwerp

Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue. Artist: Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506)
Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

The Seven Virtues, c. 1450. Artist: Pesellino, Francesco di Stefano (1422-1457)
The Seven Virtues, c. 1450. Found in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Moses with the Ten Commandments, 1659. Artist: Rembrandt van Rhijn (1606-1669)
Moses with the Ten Commandments, 1659. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna
Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century

Man Having to Choose between the Virtues and Vices, 1635. Artist: Francken, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642)
Man Having to Choose between the Virtues and Vices, 1635. From a private collection

Admiral Togo visiting Russian Admiral Rozhestvensky in hospital, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Admiral Togo, victor of the Battle of the Sea of Japan, visiting the defeated Russian Admiral Rozhestvensky in hospital. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Plate: Table XXIV(a). A popular illustrated textbook for children

Visit to a sick old woman, 1884. Creator: Frederik Vermehren
Visit to a sick old woman, 1884

The Sick Girl, 1882. Creator: Michael Peter Ancher
The Sick Girl, 1882

Bubonic plague in France
Belzunce amidst plague victims in France, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Broken Heart
Mystic Number

Sick Visiting - Illustration of a scene depicting a lady at the bedside of a sick elderly woman, with the nurse in attendance. Artist: Anon. Date: 1924

Advert, Carter's Little Liver Pills for Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache Date: circa 1900

John of Austria (1547-1578). Spanish military. illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Presentation of John of Austria to Emperor Charles V at Yuste

Charles II, called the Bewitched (1661-1700). King of Spain (1665-1700). It was believed that the king was under the influence of an evil spell

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal healing a sick woman, circa 1799
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336). Queen of Portugal. Saint Elizabeth of Portugal healing a sick woman, circa 1799. By Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid

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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.