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People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24007i

A provocative naked young woman lying on a bed, death (a cloaked skeleton) sits at her side, a naked man walks away from the bed with his head bowed, towards a throng of diseased and dying people; representing syphilis. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24008i

Syphilis. Gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.

Date

1912

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44681i

A giant hand roaming through the dark streets of London, people and rats try to escape its grasp; representing bubonic plague. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24002i

A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24006i

The angel of death (a winged skeletal creature) drops some deadly substances into a river near a town; representing typhoid. Watercolour, 1912, after R. Cooper.

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24010i

A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24003i

Henry Hill Hickman performing experiments on suspended animation. Watercolour and gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, ca. 1912.

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45671i

A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.

Date

[1912?]

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24009i

An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; representing the effects of chloroform on the human body. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24004i

Crowded dark streets full of dead and dying people, bodies are being loaded on to a cart; representing cholera. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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24005i