TCM for epidemics: Niansha (pinch treatment)

Epidemics in the valley of Mexico 1520-1820, correlated with sunspots, flood, drought, and famine.

Saint Teliau, invoked during epidemics and fevers.

TCM for epidemics: Guasha treatment, back view

TCM for epidemics: Guasha treatment, frontal view

Wen Shen (?), god of epidemics. Watercolour.

Sitala, Indian goddess of smallpox and other epidemics. Watercolour.

Raksha Kali, a form of the goddess Parvati worshipped for protection against epidemics and drought. Watercolour.

Plague epidemic, Bombay, 1896/7

Plague epidemic in Karachi, 1897

Smallpox epidemic, Palestine: hospital building.

Chinese woodcut: Talisman against epidemic diseases

Appearances of 'epidemic eczema' on the face

Smallpox epidemic, Palestine. Photograph album, ca. 1922.

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