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Leiden pest house, bird's-eye view. Etching.

Small hospital at the harbour at Chiavari, Italy: section, facade and plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1826.

The lazaretto of Varignano at La Spezia: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1832.

A nurse and a smallpox patient in an isolation hospital, possibly at Ilford, Essex. Three photographs.

Quarantine section of an Italian port. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1813-1820.

An Italian lazaretto: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel and visiting room. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1818-1820.

Small hospital at Camogli port: facade, floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1825.

Cardiff Sanatorium. Photograph, ca. 1895.

A contagiously ill man asks for the bed-pan; the nurse tells him that it will cost ten sous for the risk. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

The lazaretto of Varignano at La Spezia: sections and floor plans. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, c. 1825.

The lazaretto at Foce: section, facade and floor plan of part of the hospital. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1825.

Delft, the Netherlands: left, the city on fire in 1536; right, St Lazarus's House with a resident receiving news of the fire. Engraving, 15--.

St. John's Island, Singapore: Quarantine station, viewed from land toward sea. Photograph by A. R. Wellington, 1909.

The lazaretto at Foce: floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1811.

The planning of fever hospitals and disinfecting and cleansing stations.

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Communicable diseases - Hospitals

Images from the collections

Images about Communicable diseases - Hospitals

Works from the collections

Cardiff Sanatorium. Photograph, ca. 1895.

An Italian lazaretto: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel and visiting room. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1818-1820.

St. John's Island, Singapore: Quarantine station, viewed from land toward sea. Photograph by A. R. Wellington, 1909.

The lazaretto at Foce: floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1811.

The planning of fever hospitals and disinfecting and cleansing stations.

Communicable diseases - Hospitals

Images from the collections

Images about Communicable diseases - Hospitals

Works from the collections

Cardiff Sanatorium. Photograph, ca. 1895.

An Italian lazaretto: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel and visiting room. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1818-1820.

St. John's Island, Singapore: Quarantine station, viewed from land toward sea. Photograph by A. R. Wellington, 1909.

The lazaretto at Foce: floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1811.

The planning of fever hospitals and disinfecting and cleansing stations.

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