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  • Robert Koch and Richard Pfeiffer working in a laboratory, investigating the plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • Officers on horseback in the Nusserpuri camp, set up as part of 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.
  • Groups of men on a street spraying jets of water into plague infected houses, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • Medical officers watching the arrival of a train at Sion railway station, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • A group of men standing with a large white cow; one of the men is Robert Koch, about to experiment on the animal, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • People doing laundry at the dhobi ghat, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A camp of wigwams, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A segregation camp, Karachi: aerial view. Photograph, 1897.
  • People living in the town of Dhobi Ghat, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Quarantine area, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Plague house being marked with paint, during an outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Street near Khardar, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Patients who are about to be discharged from hospital, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Patients being discharged from hospital, during the bubonic plague outbreak in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A segregation camp during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Quarantine area, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Female patient with bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Discharged hospital patients after bubonic plague outbreak, being given relief money, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Man in turban in Old Town, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Man being injected by doctor, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Shop selling sweetmeat, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Female patient recovering from bubonic plague, during the outbreak in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Patients and staff at a hospital camp, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Pathway through the centre of a segregation camp during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Man being shaved in one of the hospital camps, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A segregation camp during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Hospital staff disinfecting patients during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Group of people with a bouquet of flowers, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • A celebratory dance for discharged patients, during the bubonic plague outbreak in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.