Illness Collection

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

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

Bubonic plague victims
Victims of the plague. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a Poussin painting

Medieval healing through prayer
Attempt to cure disease through the intercession of a saint, Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

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Death of John Quincy Adams in the House of Representatives, 1848. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Great mortality amoung the Wampanoags due to smallpox, colonial Massachusetts, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount, England, 1665
Burying dead bodies at Holywell Mount during the Bubonic plague, England, 1665. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

People fleeing London to escape the plague, 1630
Flight of townspeople into the countryside to escape the plague in England, 1630. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

The first Passover, in ancient Egypt
Death of Egyptians firstborn children, sparing the enslaved Hebrew children. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in Oregon, 1840s
Narcissa Whitman nursing a sick Native American during the Whitmans missionary expedition, 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native American shaman using pictures on a buffalo robe to cure a young mans illness. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native American medicine-man treating a patient with chants and potions. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Medicine dance of Native Americans inside a longhouse. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

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