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My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic

A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.

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The cook who became a pariah

New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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  • The tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria); advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • The tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria); advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • The tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria); advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • Australian public health information poster on the tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria), advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish, produced by Brisbane City Council Department of Health after the 1926/1927 dengue epidemic. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • A fleet of flies dropping bombs on the Chinese people, causing mayhem and confusion. Colour lithograph, 1952 (?).
  • Diseases spread by the house fly. Colour lithograph by L.H. Wilder for the U.S. Public Health Service, 1912/1922.
  • A baby sleeping with a fly on the teat of its milk bottle; a man setting up an Aeroxon trap to catch flies. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • The larva and fly of the sheep-nostril-fly (Oestrus ovis). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • The larva and fly of a house fly (Musca domestica). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • The larva and fly of Chrysomyia macellaria. Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
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