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"Disease: A Historical Battle Against the Unseen Foe" In 1845, as the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on their ill-fated Arctic expedition

Background imageDisease Collection: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845

HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845
Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845

Background imageDisease Collection: Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845

Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845
Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845

Background imageDisease Collection: Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County Durham

Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County Durham
Aerial view of Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham

Background imageDisease Collection: The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, Barro

The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, Barro
Engraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849

Background imageDisease Collection: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)

Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)
6034701 Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames)

Background imageDisease Collection: A clinical lecture by Dr. Charcot at the Salpetriere in 1887

A clinical lecture by Dr. Charcot at the Salpetriere in 1887
JLJ4686225 A clinical lecture by Dr. Charcot at the Salpetriere in 1887

Background imageDisease Collection: Pneumothorax treatment, X-ray

Pneumothorax treatment, X-ray
Pneumothorax treatment (image 2 of 2). X-ray of the chest of a patient, showing treatment with a drain of a partial collapse of one lung (at right) in pneumothorax

Background imageDisease Collection: Sleeping sickness parasite

Sleeping sickness parasite
Sleeping sickness. Artwork of a trypanosome (Trypanosoma brucei) moving past human red blood cells in the blood. This protozoan is the cause of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)

Background imageDisease Collection: E. coli bacteria, SEM

E. coli bacteria, SEM
E. coli bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Escherichia coli bacteria (purple) taken from the small intestine of a child. E

Background imageDisease Collection: A map from On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 1855 (litho)

A map from On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 1855 (litho)
1195411 A map from On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 1855 (litho) by Snow, John (1813-58) (after); 22, 5x14, 2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Snow)

Background imageDisease Collection: T lymphocytes and cancer cell, SEM C001 / 1679

T lymphocytes and cancer cell, SEM C001 / 1679
T lymphocytes and cancer cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of T lymphocyte cells (green) attached to a cancer cell

Background imageDisease Collection: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases

Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, Wanted for Sneezing.. Date: circa 1940

Background imageDisease Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (red) engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (yellow)

Background imageDisease Collection: Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Background imageDisease Collection: Medical ilustration of an appendix with appendicitis

Medical ilustration of an appendix with appendicitis

Background imageDisease Collection: Goitre, 15th century artwork C018 / 1849

Goitre, 15th century artwork C018 / 1849
Goitre. 15th century artwork of a man with an enlarged thyroid gland (goitre)

Background imageDisease Collection: Bunions, X-ray

Bunions, X-ray
Bunions. Coloured X-ray of an elderly womans deformed inward-turning toes due to bunions (orange, lower centre)

Background imageDisease Collection: Alzheimers brain, computer artwork

Alzheimers brain, computer artwork
Alzheimers brain

Background imageDisease Collection: Calots spinal surgery, 19th century

Calots spinal surgery, 19th century
Calots spinal surgery, 19th-century artwork. This operation is being carried out by the French surgeon Jean-Francois Calot (1861-1944) on a condition known as Potts disease

Background imageDisease Collection: Tuberculosis, X-ray

Tuberculosis, X-ray
Tuberculosis. X-ray of the chest of a 25 year old male patient with pulmonary tuberculosis. Affected areas of the lungs (dark areas) are shown by grainy white patches

Background imageDisease Collection: Skin disorders, artwork

Skin disorders, artwork
Skin disorders. Computer artwork showing the structure of the skin, and the layers affected by various skin disorders

Background imageDisease Collection: Brain tumour, MRI scan

Brain tumour, MRI scan
Brain tumour. Coloured orthogonal views (axial left, coronal middle, sagittal right) of a male head, made from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans

Background imageDisease Collection: Tobacco hornworm with tobacco plant

Tobacco hornworm with tobacco plant
Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) with a damaged tobacco plant, artwork. This species is common throughout North America

Background imageDisease Collection: Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, London

Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, London
The Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, designed by Samuel Daukes, opened in 1850

Background imageDisease Collection: South Eastern Fever Hospital, New Cross, London

South Eastern Fever Hospital, New Cross, London
The South Eastern Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Avonley Road at New Cross, near Deptford in south east London

Background imageDisease Collection: Tsar Alexander III and family

Tsar Alexander III and family
Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) at the Livadia Palace, Yalta with his family

Background imageDisease Collection: The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845

The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845
Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W

Background imageDisease Collection: Soviet cholera vaccination poster, 1967

Soviet cholera vaccination poster, 1967
Soviet cholera vaccination poster. Poster which appeared in the USSR in 1967, urging citizens to get themselves vaccinated against cholera

Background imageDisease Collection: Court for King Cholera

Court for King Cholera
A Court for King Cholera

Background imageDisease Collection: Osteoporotic bone, SEM

Osteoporotic bone, SEM
Osteoporotic bone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of fractured bone tissue from a patient suffering from osteoporosis (brittle bone disease)

Background imageDisease Collection: Alzheimers brain

Alzheimers brain. Computer processed vertical (coronal) slice through the brain of an Alzheimer patient (at left) compared with a normal brain (at right)

Background imageDisease Collection: Iliotibial running injury, artwork

Iliotibial running injury, artwork
Artwork (side view) of the muscles of the thigh showing iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) or iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS), a common injury to the thigh associated with running

Background imageDisease Collection: Worshipping the God of Smallpox, India

Worshipping the God of Smallpox, India
Under the Hindu faith, if you want protection against getting smallpox, pray to Shitala, the Goddess of Smallpox

Background imageDisease Collection: Wise woman at Ilchester, Somerset

Wise woman at Ilchester, Somerset
At Ilchester, Somerset, a local wise woman uses weird rituals to treat cattle for foot and mouth disease

Background imageDisease Collection: Coral Spot Fungus (Nectria cinnabarina) fruiting bodies

Coral Spot Fungus (Nectria cinnabarina) fruiting bodies, growing on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) twig, Powys, Wales, March

Background imageDisease Collection: Irregular heartbeat

Irregular heartbeat. Conceptual image of a chest X-ray overlaid with an electrocardiogram (heart monitor) trace showing extrasystole

Background imageDisease Collection: Plasmodium sp. malarial parasite

Plasmodium sp. malarial parasite
Scanning electron microscope image of a malarial protozoal parasite. The parasite requires the anopheles mosquito to complete its life cycle

Background imageDisease Collection: Stele of Roma the doorkeeper dedicated to Goddess Astarte. E

Stele of Roma the doorkeeper dedicated to Goddess Astarte. E
Stele of Roma the doorkeeper dedicated to Goddess Astarte. Limestone. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. C. 1400-1365 BC. Origin unknown. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageDisease Collection: Gout crystals

Gout crystals. Polarised light micrograph of uric acid crystals in the synovial fluid (a lubricating liquid in joints) from a patient with gout

Background imageDisease Collection: Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898

Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898
Grim reaper holding the vaccination act

Background imageDisease Collection: Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849

Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849. Comment on the London water supply during the reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849

Background imageDisease Collection: CARTOON: GOUT, c1815. Origin of the Gout

CARTOON: GOUT, c1815. Origin of the Gout. An upper class man playing the cello finds his gouty leg burned by a devil. Colored etching by Henry William Bunbury, c1815

Background imageDisease Collection: Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching Luleburgaz in disorder: 100 deaths per day. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1 December 1912

Background imageDisease Collection: Empire Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Empire Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk
The Empire Hotel at Lowestoft, Suffolk, opened in 1900. In 1921 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and reopened the following year as a hospital for tuberculosis patients

Background imageDisease Collection: Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban biologist

Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban biologist
Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), Cuban biologist noted for work on yellow fever. Date: circa 1900

Background imageDisease Collection: Mosquito (Culicidae), female, internal anatomy, and sucking blood from skin, cross-section

Mosquito (Culicidae), female, internal anatomy, and sucking blood from skin, cross-section

Background imageDisease Collection: Picture No. 11675613

Picture No. 11675613
Dark Field Light Micrograph: Scabies Mite. Date:

Background imageDisease Collection: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us : The Plague in London (woodcut) (b / w photo)

Lord Have Mercy Upon Us : The Plague in London (woodcut) (b / w photo)
XJF180917 Lord Have Mercy Upon Us : The Plague in London (woodcut) (b/w photo) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: petition to God asking to end the plague; ); English

Background imageDisease Collection: Bacterial meningitis, MRI scan

Bacterial meningitis, MRI scan
Bacterial meningitis

Background imageDisease Collection: Dohle bodies in blood cell, micrograph

Dohle bodies in blood cell, micrograph
Dohle bodies in blood cell. Light micrograph of a neutrophil white blood cell (centre) with Dohle bodies. These are small inclusions within the cells cytoplasm

Background imageDisease Collection: Sandfly

Sandfly
Sandflies belong to the family Phlebotominae and are responsible of spreading sandfly fever

Background imageDisease Collection: Triatoma infestans, kissing bug

Triatoma infestans, kissing bug
This insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans

Background imageDisease Collection: Plague doctor, France, 18th century

Plague doctor, France, 18th century
Plague doctor. Artwork of the clothing used by doctors during plague outbreaks. This design, though in use much earlier, is from The Great Plague of Marseilles, France, in 1720

Background imageDisease Collection: Liver tissue cirrhosis, light micrograph

Liver tissue cirrhosis, light micrograph
Liver cirrhosis. Light micrograph of a section through liver tissue showing cirrhosis

Background imageDisease Collection: Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist. Louis Pasteur proved the germ theory of disease, which holds that germs attack the body from the outside

Background imageDisease Collection: Konstantin Buteyko, Soviet doctor

Konstantin Buteyko, Soviet doctor
Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko (1923-2003), Soviet medical doctor and researcher. In the 1950s, Buteyko, a Ukrainian, developed a theory on the effects of deep breathing (hyperventilation)

Background imageDisease Collection: Tension pneumothorax, X-ray

Tension pneumothorax, X-ray
Tension pneumothorax. X-ray of the chest of a patient with tension pneumothorax that has lead to soft-tissue emphysema

Background imageDisease Collection: Smallpox treatment document, New England, 1677

Smallpox treatment document, New England, 1677
" A Brief Rule, " a printed guide to the treatment of smallpox, or measles, in New England, 1677. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageDisease Collection: Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire

Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire
Aerial view of the Langho Colony set up in 1906 by the Chorlton and Manchester Unions for the treatment of patients suffering from epilepsy

Background imageDisease Collection: Union Workhouse, Bedale, North Yorkshire

Union Workhouse, Bedale, North Yorkshire
The Bedale Union workhouse, erected in 1839 at South End, Bedale, North Yorkshire. Two ladies in large hats converse in the foreground

Background imageDisease Collection: Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary
MARY MALLON, (1869-1938) known as Typhoid Mary; though herself healthy, she is a carrier of typhoid and, employed as a cook, infects 22, one of whom dies

Background imageDisease Collection: Ravages of Alcohol

Ravages of Alcohol
An illustration of how alcohol abuse affects the appearance and liver of a man through different stages of his life

Background imageDisease Collection: Allegory of the Plague in Manchuria, cover illustration of Le Petit Journal

Allegory of the Plague in Manchuria, cover illustration of Le Petit Journal
CHT219325 Allegory of the Plague in Manchuria, cover illustration of Le Petit Journal, 19th February 1911 (colour litho) by French School

Background imageDisease Collection: Album of photographs gathered by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)

Album of photographs gathered by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)
GIA4790661 Album of photographs gathered by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), Italian criminologist: the photographs correspond to different types of criminals

Background imageDisease Collection: Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59

Background imageDisease Collection: Microscopic view of human respiratory syncytial virus

Microscopic view of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV causes respiratory tract infection of the lungs and breathing passages

Background imageDisease Collection: Coronavirus particles, TEM

Coronavirus particles, TEM
Coronavirus particles. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of three coronavirus particles

Background imageDisease Collection: Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: War of Naaman. Naaman

Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: War of Naaman. Naaman
XEE4138446 Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: War of Naaman. Naaman, general of the army of the King of Syria, came to find the Prophete Elisee to be healed of his leprosy. Illustration from 1811

Background imageDisease Collection: Dropsy Courting Consumption, October 25, 1810. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Dropsy Courting Consumption, October 25, 1810. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Dropsy Courting Consumption, October 25, 1810

Background imageDisease Collection: Edward Jenner, late 18th-early 19th century, (c1833). Creator: Edward Scriven

Edward Jenner, late 18th-early 19th century, (c1833). Creator: Edward Scriven
Edward Jenner, late 18th-early 19th century, (c1833). Portrait of English physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

Background imageDisease Collection: The Healing of Saint Roch, late 15th century. Artist: German Master

The Healing of Saint Roch, late 15th century. Artist: German Master
The Healing of Saint Roch, late 15th century. German painting of the Swabian School. Legend holds that a dog found St Roch suffering from the plague, and summoned help

Background imageDisease Collection: Needle-making equipment, 1819

Needle-making equipment, 1819. The large machine at bottom right is George Priors dry grinder with a box partly enclosing the grindstone to minimise dust (1813)

Background imageDisease Collection: Happy Hampstead!, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain

Happy Hampstead!, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Happy Hampstead!, 1875. A suburban family is shown enjoying a day out in the park. Behind them lurk the shrouded and menacing figures of Smallpox and Fever

Background imageDisease Collection: Saint John of God, 1883. Sculpture by Agapit Vallmitjana i B

Saint John of God, 1883. Sculpture by Agapit Vallmitjana i Barbany (1833-1905). Hospital of Saint John of God. Barcelona. Spain

Background imageDisease Collection: Microscopic view of chlamydia

Microscopic view of chlamydia. Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium

Background imageDisease Collection: GROSSE ILE: MONUMENT, 1909. The inauguration of the monument dedicated to the Irish

GROSSE ILE: MONUMENT, 1909. The inauguration of the monument dedicated to the Irish immigrants who died during a typhus outbreak in 1847, in Gross Ile, Quebec, Canada. Photograph, 15 April 1909

Background imageDisease Collection: GROSSE ILE: MONUMENT, 1909. A monument dedicated to the Irish immigrants who died

GROSSE ILE: MONUMENT, 1909. A monument dedicated to the Irish immigrants who died during a typhus outbreak in 1847, in Gross Ile, Quebec, Canada. Photograph, 1909

Background imageDisease Collection: Picture No. 10873704

Picture No. 10873704
Sleeping Sickness Parasite in red blood cells (Trypanosoma sp. ) Date:

Background imageDisease Collection: Flu virus particle, artwork F008 / 3245

Flu virus particle, artwork F008 / 3245
Flu virus particle, computer artwork. In the virus envelope are two types of protein spike, haemagglutinin (H, pink) and neuraminidase (N, orange), which determine the strain of virus

Background imageDisease Collection: Acute promyelocytic leukaemia, micrograph

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia, micrograph
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Light micrograph of blood cells from bone marrow in a case of acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Leukaemia is a cancer where certain blood cells form in excess

Background imageDisease Collection: Ovarian cancer, light micrograph C015 / 7103

Ovarian cancer, light micrograph C015 / 7103
Ovary cancer. Light micrograph of a section through a Krukenberg tumour (down centre) of the ovary

Background imageDisease Collection: Black Death rat flea, artwork

Black Death rat flea, artwork
Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), artwork. This flea was the primary vector of the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which caused the Black Death

Background imageDisease Collection: Used dental floss, SEM

Used dental floss, SEM
Used dental floss. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of dental plaque on strands of used dental floss. Plaque consists of a film of bacteria embedded in a glycoprotein matrix

Background imageDisease Collection: Neutrophil cell trapping bacteria, SEM

Neutrophil cell trapping bacteria, SEM
Neutrophil cell trapping bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of bacteria (rod-shaped) being trapped by a neutrophil cell



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"Disease: A Historical Battle Against the Unseen Foe" In 1845, as the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on their ill-fated Arctic expedition, little did they know that disease would become their deadliest adversary. The Shotley Bridge General Hospital in County Durham witnessed countless patients afflicted by mysterious ailments brought back from distant lands. Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror valiantly led his crew through treacherous waters, but even his courage could not shield them from the invisible enemy lurking within. As depicted in a Punch cartoon, renowned scientist Faraday tried to offer his expertise to Father Thames, symbolizing society's desperate attempts to combat diseases. The battle against disease takes place at microscopic levels too. T lymphocytes engaging cancer cells under an electron microscope (SEM C001 / 1679) exemplify our ongoing fight against this relentless foe. Awareness campaigns remind us that "Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, " urging us to take precautions for public health. Medical advancements have revolutionized treatments over time. Pneumothorax treatment using X-rays has saved countless lives by effectively collapsing lung cavities caused by diseases like tuberculosis. However, these triumphs cannot overshadow the tragedies faced by Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew who succumbed to disease during their Arctic exploration. Diseases have often been personified throughout history – King Cholera presiding over a court reminds us of the devastating cholera outbreaks that plagued communities worldwide. Medical illustrations depicting appendicitis or bunions captured the urgency with which doctors sought solutions for these painful conditions. Yet perhaps one of the most feared diseases is Alzheimer's, which silently erodes memories and identities. Computer artwork visualizing an Alzheimer's brain serves as a stark reminder of its impact on individuals and families alike. As we navigate through centuries battling various diseases, it becomes evident that our fight is far from over.

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