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

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
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    24007i
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  • 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.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
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    24008i
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  • Syphilis. Gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
    Date
    1912
    Reference
    44681i
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  • 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.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
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    24002i
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  • A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
    Reference
    24006i
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  • 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.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
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    24010i
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  • 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.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
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    24003i
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  • Henry Hill Hickman performing experiments on suspended animation. Watercolour and gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, ca. 1912.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
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    45671i
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  • 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.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
    Date
    [1912?]
    Reference
    24009i
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  • 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.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
    Date
    [approximately 1912]
    Reference
    24004i
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