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  • Bhandardara, India: a cart bearing the belongings of the deceased victim of an infectious disease, placed in a remote spot: a custom aimed at preventing a disease epidemic. Photograph by J.B. Greaves, 1936.
  • Newly emerging infectious diseases: patients in hospital. Relief print by Eric Avery, 2000.
  • Hanley, Stoke & Fenton Joint Infectious Diseases Hospital, Staffordshire: floor plan. Photoprint, 1902.
  • Blister pack of chloroquine antimalarial tablets. Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat the infectious disease malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites (Plasmodium species) which enter the blood when inefcted mosquitoes feed. Side effects of chloroquine include vomitting, nausea and headache. Retinopathy (damage to the retina) is a rare eye condition associated with long term use over many years. Drug resistance against antimalarials is increasing.
  • University Children's Hospital, Vienna: doctors in the Heubner section for infectious diseases. Photograph, 1921.
  • University Children's Hospital, Vienna: nurses in the Heubner section for infectious diseases. Photograph, 1921.
  • Mauritius: a wooden, triangular isolation hut for plague (and other infectious diseases) quarantine. Photograph, 1910/1930.
  • People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; a view of the hospital building and surrounding countryside. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • University Children's Hospital, Vienna: a nurse demonstrating surgical instruments to other nurses in the Heubner section for infectious diseases. Photograph, 1921.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; the landing and observation point for a small isolation hut. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • Statistics of the incidence of notifiable infectious diseases in each sanitary district in England and Wales during the year 1915 (fifth year).
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; a group of post-operative plague patients on the hospital balcony. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; naked male plague patient being helped to his feet by medical staff. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; the interior of one of the wards, with plague patients by their beds. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • Illustrated guidelines on good laboratory practices and precautions during testing of Infectious diseases; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Qualigens Diagnostics. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; a young male plague patient lying on a bed, viewed from the side. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • A man sneezing in a canteen while queuing for food, urging the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after R. Mount ca. 1950.
  • A jester representing the disinfectant Papier d'Arménie scourges figures representing the infectious diseases cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. Colour lithograph by A. Van Geleyn, ca. 1890.
  • A jester representing the disinfectant Papier d'Arménie scourges figures representing the infectious diseases cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. Colour lithograph by A. Van Geleyn, ca. 1890.
  • A jester representing the disinfectant Papier d'Arménie scourges figures representing the infectious diseases cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. Colour lithograph by A. Van Geleyn, ca. 1890.
  • A jester representing the disinfectant Papier d'Arménie scourges figures representing the infectious diseases cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. Colour lithograph by A. Van Geleyn, ca. 1890.
  • A mother holding her newborn baby, with a serious expresssion as she realizes its vulnerability to deadly infectious diseases; with a bottle of vaccine against diphtheria and tetanus, advertising vaccination against those diseases. Colour process print by Sadolin, 195-.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; a young male plague patient lying on a bed, being treated by members of the medical team. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; a male plague patient lying on a bed being treated by a member of the medical team. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • Seamen's Hospital for infectious diseases in Jurujuba, Rio de Janeiro; a plague patient in bed, viewed from behind, his head supported by a member of the medical team. Photograph, 1904/1911.
  • People stand under a freestanding green umbrella which protects them from the rain; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • A doctor in the form of a shield with a smiling face holds hands with a mother and child; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004.