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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
Medical consultation from the "Livre des proprietes des choses," Ms.339/1223,fol.37.France,15th.
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Medical consultation from the "Livre des proprietes des choses," Ms.339/1223...

The plague in Germany during the 6th century. From "Le miroir historial" by Vincent Beauvais, France,15th,Ms.722/1196,fol.4.Top:monsters of the plague fly over a German town;below:Pope Gregory.
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The plague in Germany during the 6th century. From "Le miroir historia...

Medical complaints and their remedies, from John Aderne of Newark's "De Arte phisicali et de Cirurgia",England,1412.
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Medical complaints and their remedies, from John Aderne of Newark's...

The influence of the stars on the diseases of the human body, from M,Albik's "Tractatus de pestilentia" Bohemia,15th.
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The influence of the stars on the diseases of the human body, from M,Albik...

Le Cholera Morbus,a caricature describing how, thanks to the July Revolution of 1830,the cholera finally managed to reach Paris,coming from Russia via Poland and Germany. Coloured engraving,around 1830.
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Le Cholera Morbus,a caricature describing how, thanks to the July Revolution of...

Dante,Virgil and the plague-stricken. From Dante's Divina Commedia,Italian,14th.
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Dante,Virgil and the plague-stricken. From Dante's Divina Comm...

The Hours of Nicolas Camus,France,late 15th. MS 81/1057,fol.72.Nathan presents War,Plague and Death to King David.
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The Hours of Nicolas Camus,France,late 15th. MS 81/1057,fol.72.Nathan...

Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the pharaoh's dream: there would be seven years of good harvest, followed by seven years of famine. During the fat years the Egyptians store food and survive, unlike their neighbours. Bottom left: Joseph and his brothers; right: a man is ordered to be bound and led away. ID: Add 27210,fol. f 7 recto.
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Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the ph...

Death from famine, around 1470-1480. Dead bodies lying in the middle of the path, with a group of onlookers keeping their distance behind the trees. To the right a funeral procession with a woman carrying a small coffin in her arms. From "Premier volume des anchiennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre". ID: Roy 15 E.IV. fol.187
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Death from famine, around 1470-1480. Dead bodies lying in the middle of the path...

The Syphilitic (Der Syphilitiker). 1496. Woodcut, 257 x 97mm.
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The Syphilitic (Der Syphilitiker). 1496. Woodcut, 257 x 97mm.

Consultation du docteur Dubois sous l'Empire, Doctor Dubois' surgery during the Empire. Canvas,38 x 46 cm
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Consultation du docteur Dubois sous l'Empire, Doctor Dubois' surgery during the...

Spaziergang im Garten (Genesung) - A walk in the garden (recovery), 1896 Canvas,105,5 x 150 cm Inv.45.645
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Spaziergang im Garten (Genesung) - A walk in the garden (recovery), 1896...