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A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith.

People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.

Typhus prevention: (Indian?) soldiers having their kit disinfected in order to prevent typhus and relapsing fever. Photograph, 1914/1918.

Soldiers at Mainz suffering from typhus, lying in the streets. Lithograph by E. Leroux after A. Raffet.

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.

Men washing themselves in a public or factory bathroom to prevent typhus, and having clothes cleaned in an industrial cleanser. Colour lithograph by V.S., 1921.

The typhus louse shaking hands with Death. Colour lithograph by O. Grin, 1919.

World War II: hygiene instructions against typhus for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1944.

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).

Des fièvres typhoides et du typhus, histoire et description de ces affections : analogies et différences qui existent entre elles ... / par J.J.H. Montault.

Estudios sôbre o tifo exantemático = Studies on typhus fever / H. da Rocha Lima ; coligidos e reproduzidos pelo Dr. Edgard de Cerqueira Falcão ; comentados pelo Prof. Dr. Otto G. Bier.

A sketch (analytical) of the history and cure of contagious fever / by Robert Jackson, M.D.

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Typhus fever

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Images about Typhus fever

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People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).

Des fièvres typhoides et du typhus, histoire et description de ces affections : analogies et différences qui existent entre elles ... / par J.J.H. Montault.

Estudios sôbre o tifo exantemático = Studies on typhus fever / H. da Rocha Lima ; coligidos e reproduzidos pelo Dr. Edgard de Cerqueira Falcão ; comentados pelo Prof. Dr. Otto G. Bier.

A sketch (analytical) of the history and cure of contagious fever / by Robert Jackson, M.D.

Typhus fever

Images from the collections

Images about Typhus fever

Works from the collections

People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).

Des fièvres typhoides et du typhus, histoire et description de ces affections : analogies et différences qui existent entre elles ... / par J.J.H. Montault.

Estudios sôbre o tifo exantemático = Studies on typhus fever / H. da Rocha Lima ; coligidos e reproduzidos pelo Dr. Edgard de Cerqueira Falcão ; comentados pelo Prof. Dr. Otto G. Bier.

A sketch (analytical) of the history and cure of contagious fever / by Robert Jackson, M.D.

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