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  • A medical officer examining a ship's crew for bubonic plague on arrival in the Thames. Watercolour drawing by F. de Haenen, 1905, after C.E. Eldred.
  • Saint Roch, represented showing a bubonic sore under the guise of a pilgrim. A citizen of Montpellier who devoted his life to serving those stricken with plague. Celebrated on the 16th August.
  • Paris quadrifolia L. Trilliaceae Herb Paris Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. This dramatic plant was known as Herb Paris or one-berry. Because of the shape of the four leaves, resembling a Burgundian cross or a true love-knot, it was also known as Herb True Love. Prosaically, the name ‘Paris’ stems from the Latin ‘pars’ meaning ‘parts’ referring to the four equal leaves, and not to the French capital or the lover of Helen of Troy. Sixteenth century herbalists such as Fuchs, who calls it Aconitum pardalianches which means leopard’s bane, and Lobel who calls it Solanum tetraphyllum, attributed the poisonous properties of Aconitum to it. The latter, called monkshood and wolfsbane, are well known as poisonous garden plants. Gerard (1633), however, reports that Lobel fed it to animals and it did them no harm, and caused the recovery of a dog poisoned deliberately with arsenic and mercury, while another dog, which did not receive Herb Paris, died. It was recommended thereafter as an antidote to poisons. Coles (1657) wrote 'Herb Paris is exceedingly cold, wherupon it is proved to represse the rage and force of any Poyson, Humour , or Inflammation.' Because of its 'cold' property it was good for swellings of 'the Privy parts' (where presumably hot passions were thought to lie), to heal ulcers, cure poisoning, plague, procure sleep (the berries) and cure colic. Through the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures, the black berry represented an eye, so oil distilled from it was known as Anima oculorum, the soul of the eye, and 'effectual for all the disease of the eye'. Linnaeus (1782) listed it as treating 'Convulsions, Mania, Bubones, Pleurisy, Opththalmia', but modern authors report the berry to be toxic. That one poison acted as an antidote to another was a common, if incorrect, belief in the days of herbal medicine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A segregation camp, Karachi: aerial view. Photograph, 1897.
  • A group of plague staff, part of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Officers on horseback in the Nusserpuri camp, set up as part of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • The Machi Meani camp, operated by the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Street near Khardar, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Man in turban in Old Town, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Four men from the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Runchore segregation camp, set up by the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Staff from the Rambagh section of the Karachi Plague Committee, standing outside the police station, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • An examining post set up by the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • An outdoor hospital for sufferers of the plague, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A group of Plague staff, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A segregation camp being disinfected, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Disinfecting sufferers of the plague in wooden tubs, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A street in Old Town, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A group of volunteers involved with the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A group of volunteers involved with the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Staff from the Rambagh section of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • The office of an officer who works for the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Plague-infected house, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Staff of the Runchore segregation camp, set up by the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Staff of the Runchore segregation camp, set up by the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Officers washing members of the Nusserpuri camp, set up as part of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Staff who work in the jail or gardens for the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting by or in the style of Jan Josef Horemans I.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting by or in the style of Jan Josef Horemans I.
  • Plague-infected house which has been demolished, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.