Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: the isolation hospital seen from outside. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

The Smallpox Hospital, Highgate, Middlesex. Coloured engraving.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a ward in the isolation hospital. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

The Smallpox Hospital, Highgate, Middlesex. Line engraving.

The history of vaccination seen from an economic point of view: A pharmacy up for sale; an outmoded inoculist selling his premises; Jenner, to the left, pursues a skeleton with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

A parade of wretched, smallpocked people walk away from a doctor who counts his money. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a ward in the Hempsted isolation hospital. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

The Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, Middlesex. Line engraving by C. Simms after S.W. Daukes, 1848.

The Smallpox Hospital, Highgate, Middlesex: design drawing. Wood engraving by Laing, 1849, after S.A. Matthews.

Report laid before the general court of governors of the Small Pox and Vaccination Hospital, King's Cross, London, held on the 6th of February 1846.

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Smallpox - Hospitals

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Report laid before the general court of governors of the Small Pox and Vaccination Hospital, King's Cross, London, held on the 6th of February 1846.

The Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, Middlesex. Line engraving by C. Simms after S.W. Daukes, 1848.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a ward in the Hempsted isolation hospital. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

The history of vaccination seen from an economic point of view: A pharmacy up for sale; an outmoded inoculist selling his premises; Jenner, to the left, pursues a skeleton with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a ward in the isolation hospital. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

Smallpox - Hospitals

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Images about Smallpox - Hospitals

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Report laid before the general court of governors of the Small Pox and Vaccination Hospital, King's Cross, London, held on the 6th of February 1846.

The Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, Middlesex. Line engraving by C. Simms after S.W. Daukes, 1848.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a ward in the Hempsted isolation hospital. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

The history of vaccination seen from an economic point of view: A pharmacy up for sale; an outmoded inoculist selling his premises; Jenner, to the left, pursues a skeleton with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a ward in the isolation hospital. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

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