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Illness and Diseases


Famine, Plague, etc.



5 subcategories
Famine

FAMINE

Insanity

INSANITY

Leprosy

LEPROSY

Patients and Invalids

PATIENTS AND INVALIDS

Plague

PLAGUE

188 photos
Study of Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536) in his house in Anderlecht, where he wrote his famous philosophical satyre "In Praise of Folly".
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Study of Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536) in his house in Anderlec...

"Pestsaeule" - plague-column,a monument erected by Emperor Leopold I in memory of the end of the plague in Vienna.The column is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the Seven Choirs of the Angels,protectors against the plague.1692
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"Pestsaeule" - plague-column,a monument erected by Emperor Leopold I in mem...

The "Graben",central square in downtown Vienna. In the background the plague column (26-02-02/34). 1888.
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The "Graben",central square in downtown Vienna. In the background the plagu...

Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte visiting the plague- stricken in Jaffa, followed by his generals Berthier and Bessieres. Detail. Oil on canvas (1804). 532 x 715 cm Inv. 5064
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Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte visiting the plague- stricken in Jaffa, follo...

Napoleon's Tomb under the cupola of "Les Invalides" Paris, France. On December 15, 1840, the Emperor's remains were transferred from his exile on the island of St. Helena where he died on May 5, 1821.
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Napoleon's Tomb under the cupola of "Les Invalides" Paris, France. On Decemb...

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. The great French chemist and microbiologist discovered and developed various vaccines, among them that against rabies. 1885. Oil on canvas, 1,54 x 1,26 cm DO 1986-16
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Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. The great French chemist and microbiologi...

Professor Louis Pasteur's instruments: a glass balloon with swan's neck for his experiments to disprove the idea of a "spontaneous creation"; a glass bottle with the marrow of a rabbit infected with rabies, dried to increase the virus' virulence (1884).
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Professor Louis Pasteur's instruments: a glass balloon with swan's neck for his...

The illness of Girolamo della Torre. Bronze with brown patina,Padua 1516-1521. 37 x 49 cm OA 9092-9099 Made for the tomb of Girolamo della Torre and his son Marc Antonio.
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The illness of Girolamo della Torre. Bronze with brown patin...

A doctor taking a patient's pulse.From the "Liber notabilium Philippi Septimi",by Guy de Pavia. Ms.334/569,fol.18. Italy,1345.
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A doctor taking a patient's pulse.From the "Liber notabilium Philippi Sept...

A doctor examining a patient.From the "Liber notabilium Philippi Septimi",by Guy de Pavia. Ms.334/569,fol.18.Italy,1345.
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A doctor examining a patient.From the "Liber notabilium Philippi Sept...

Dissection of the thorax of a cadaver.From the "Liber notabilium Philippi Septimi",by Guy de Pavia. Ms.334/569,fol.18.Italy,1345.
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Dissection of the thorax of a cadaver.From the "Liber notabilium Philip...

A doctor operating on the skull of a patient.From the "Liber notabilium Philippi Septimi",by Guy de Pavia. Ms.334/569,fol.18.Italy,1345.
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A doctor operating on the skull of a patient.From the "Liber notabilium Philip...